What is shutter speed in photography? It is the rate by which the shutter of the aperture closes. Shutter speed is a basic photography jargon.
Shutter speed controls how motion and movement appear in the image. Usually, a longer shutter speed will cause motion to appear as blurred image. A higher shutter speed will allow sharper and more detailed non-stationary objects to be recorded on the image. Blurred images from longer shutter speed is not always a bad thing.
We can sometime use longer shutter speed to craft out surreal and ethereal special photo shots. For example, long night exposure shot of moving vehicles can result in very interesting and stunning neon-light streaks. These streaks are resulted by the car lights’ path being capture nicely. On the other hand, very fast shutter speed can capture details not normally seen by the human eye. For example, water splashing from water droplets can produce nice freeze shots.
It is always fun and worthwhile to experiment with different shutter speeds for creative photography. Try it and you may be surprised by the interesting and varied results that can be generated.