By Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba) | Leave A Comment
Have you ever been at an event where stuff was moving fast, and no matter what you did everything in the photo was blurry?
By increasing the number of the ISO on your camera and decreasing the amount of time the shutter is open (that it’s letting light in) you can “freeze” the action and get the photographs you desire.
The other day I was at a fall festival. I was trying to photograph a pig race. (Yes, a pig race.)
This was my first attempt.
I took this photo at a fairly low ISO (400) and fairly slow shutter speed (1/60th of a second).
See how the pig’s noses are all blurry?
Then I increased the ISO. A hat tip to my husband Ed, who reminded me to try this. (I’m still learning.)
This is what happened.
This ISO is as high as my camera will go (1600) and a fairly high shutter speed (1/350th of a second). The pigs’ noses aren’t blurry. HOORAY!
As I said, I am definitely still learning… but hopefully this gives you an idea that with just a few small adjustments, you can improve your photography fairly easily… AND show off what you want to show off… be that pig races or your kid’s sporting event.
When she’s not taking photographs, Rebecca blogs at Ramblings by Reba.
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Ya know what? I like the first blurred photo better. It shows action. The second one, they don’t look like they’re moving.
I agree! The motion blur in that first shot shows the action and makes it clear they’re actually running and not just standing there. Now PERFECTING the action blur is what’s tricky – trying to move the camera with the subject so the right part of the photo blurs is something I haven’t come close to mastering yet, but want to! That’s how they catch action on things like car races where the cars just look still in the photo. On the other hand if you were to take a photo of a diver in mid-air, that’s something that you’d want to freeze and display in a sharp image.