Through this experience I learned the significance of shutter speed when taking pictures. Increasing and decreasing the shutter speed number can change a picture in so many ways. When you increase the shutter speed number this allows the camera to open and close the shutter faster. However when the shutter speed number is decreased the shutter is opened for a longer period of time. This is because the number is a fraction of a second. To get a picture where the subject was in focus and the background was blurry I would increase the shutter speed number to be higher. I would do this because I was trying to freeze time and if the subject is moving the shutter has to open and close quickly so that the subject won’t turn out blurry. When I took a picture where the subject was blurry and the background was focused I would decrease the shutter speed number. This would allow the camera to open the shutter for a long time and capture the subject in motion. I found it easier to blur the subject and focus the background because all I needed to do was hold still and take the picture of the subject in action. Another thing that is affected by shutter speed is the lighting in a picture. When the shutter speed is higher there is less time for light to come in so pictures often turn out darker. Although when the shutter speed is a smaller number the camera is allowing more light to come though so the pictures are lighter.