Shutter speed<span> or exposure time is the length of time when the film or digital sensor inside the camera is exposed to light, also when a camera's </span>shutter<span> is open when taking a photograph. </span>If you are photographing a subject that is in motion, you will get different effects at different shutter speeds. <span>The faster the </span>shutter speed<span>, the shorter the time the image sensor is exposed to light; the </span>slower<span> the </span>shutter speed<span>, the longer the time the image sensor is exposed to light.</span>
The shutter speed is amount of time the film is exposed to incoming light. The slower the shutter speed, the more time the film is exposed to light. A photographer would want to use a slower shutter speed if he/she was taking a photo in a dark location, so the light has more time to enter, and vise versa.
