How does the shutter speed in a camera factor in the photographs quality ?
Hey, shutter speed is the time for which the shutter is held open during the taking of a photograph to allow light to reach the film or image sensor. Now, you may use either shutter speed or aperture to create photos that suits your need, and let a required amount of time reach the film (if it is film-camera). If you wanna shoot a car running fast, you should set a high shutter speed in order to capture that moment… however to do that you should set a large aperture to make enough light reaches the film. This causes the background to become blur/unfocused. However using a slow shutter speed means that you are interested in the depth of the picture or the background more than the object and you want the fast moving object to form an artistic shape that gives the impression of speed. It all depends on the camera’s ability and the amount of light already found in the scene. Just like the pupil’s eye. It needs long time to adapt to dim light, and thus night photos need a slow shutter spe
