This is a collection of pieces of advice to make your everyday photos more enjoyable to look at; a little more with every post. These are only bits which do not claim to be complete, but are rather all you need to know at that moment.

I assume my readers are non-professionals who are interested in capturing their memories in the way they have experienced them, instead of how their camera device automatically suggests an output, thereby speaking of using anything from a mobile phone to an auto-set DSLR.

About the author: I am Mareen Fischinger, a professional photographer, living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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What is shutter speed/exposure time?

Shutter speed is the time that your camera measures the sensor to be exposed to the scene you are taking a picture of in order to get enough light onto it.

Darker situations require longer exposures and are more likely to get you a shaky photo.

As a rule of thumb, 1/100 for anyone and 1/25 of a second for an advanced photographer are okay to hand-hold.

Shutter speed stands in direct correlation with aperture/f-stop (more about this later).