How to avoid camera shake and some professional images
October 21st 2007 06:53
three for the price of one
This first image represents what can be achieved by looking for images that form a part of a whole image, in this case the photography highlights the ability to recognise in a photograph sections of the total picture which can, in fact, make for a better photograph, after all, everyone knows what a cow looks like but break an image up into the sum of its component parts and you have some interesting photos which can be presented as a talking point.
Professional photographers do it all the time.
But for the beginner, shoot and point is the most important thing to do, and lots of click, click, click which will help you find your faults, your strengths and the abilities of your own particular camera.
And now for the photographer's enemy no. 1. CAMERA SHAKE
With the speed of modern cameras, this is not such an issue as in previous times.
So, what is camera shake?
Camera shake happens when the shutter is open and exposing the film, in the case of digital photography substitute the word image. With any movement this shows up as double lines and blurred outlines and in the extreme a barely visible image. This often happens in low light, with longer shutter speeds needed to expose the image, but as I have said with fast speed cameras the length of time the shutter is open is almost negligible. But you do need to hold the camera steady or you will get a different image from the one planned.
Camera shake example
No camera shake
Camera shake can also be caused by holding the camera incorrectly, errors in technique , slow shutter speed, and unstable support. Focus problems include depth of field.
You need to stabilize your body by implementing the following :
Hold the camera close to your body
Tuck your elbows in against the side of your body
Keep a firm but relaxed grip on the camera
Stand with your legs approximately a shoulder-width apart
Focus problems are rather a different issue and will be addressed in another post.
Digital cameras carry their own set of problems due to the LCD facility for viewing your shot which requires the camera to be held away from your body which ensures less stability. Using whatever means available to steady yourself is essential.
What you really need to do is:
Bring The Camera Close To You
Hold it in Both Hands
Bring Your Elbows To Your Side
Hold Your Breath
Look for Extra Stability
Bring your camera close to your face and use the optical viewfinder (if your camera has one) to compose the shot rather than the LCD screen.
This way, your camera is steadied by your body.
This same advice is given by most of those training photographers.
So now we'll have our images of the day to help you develop an appreciation of good photography and show you what you need to aim for.
The first comes from CNN and should have particular appeal to Crystal who just loves flowers.
Daily photo from CNN of the lotus flower
Note here the unusually accented shadow, I've never seen one like that, the flower is set lower and to the right of central. The cirular leaves show all their imperfections and an image is seen on the water of their pathway, in circles.
CAT scan
Here's what National Geographic has to say.
It may look like a strange insect , but this is actually a CT image revealing the delicate structures underlying the human nose.
The multicolored pockets, seen in a cutaway from below the nose looking up, are the paranasal sinuses—the air-filled spaces in the skull that are the bane of many an allergy sufferer.
Kai-hung Fung of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong captured the image, a co-winner in the photography category of the 2007 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, while examining a 33-year-old Chinese woman for thyroid disease.
May you obtain as much pleasure and inpiration from these as I did.
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Comment by Techno
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katyzzz
Tchno
Comment by Mountain Fog
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So THAT is what is up my nose???
EEEWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/COLOR]
No wonder I sneeze!!
The steady cam thang is interesting, and now I know why my pictures are sometimes slightly blurred, I'll try and just look through the view finder, or drag the damn tripod out...but it is a bore.
cheers and keep on snappin!
[COLOR=Blue]fog
Comment by James Rickard
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Nice observation about the lack of stability with digitals! I never put two and two together like that! I always feel like such a geek when I hold hold my camera out there but--I feel like such an old fart when I aim my trusty 35mm .
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
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Hipnotherapy
Love the Cat Scan piece . Remarkable!
Mis
Comment by katyzzz
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Mis, hard to get your head around the nose one, isn't it.
James, don't worry about YOUR viewers, just make sure your view is in order and let them think what they like,
Fog, these things obviously get up your nose, it's hard to get get oriented, isn't it.
Noses are wonderful, just think how it would be without one.
katyzzz