Philippians 2:15: Teaching Myself By Teaching You, Part I: Basic Shutter Speed »
Way back when, shutter speed represented the length of time that film was exposed to light. Nowadays, it represents the amount of time a camera shutter stays open to expose itself to the image. It’s usually measured in fractions of seconds—the larger the denominator, the faster the speed. …
This is a fantastic explanation of shutter speed.
I think another thing to note about shutter speed is that normally we can hold our cameras at about 1/60th of a sec. Anything lower, there will be a little camera shake blur.
