how to take a photo without shaking or moving?

Question

iam new to digital photography, and iam finding it hard to focus from lcd without shaking. all my pics so far are blurred. help!

Answer 1

The best choice would be to keep the camera as still as possible while shooting. To reduce possibilities of blurs, you can lower the exposure, at the cost of brightness being reduced as well. You could also use the flash to reduce blurs, for this will usually set the exposure low automatically while making light available for the image.

Answer 2

Lots of people have suggested tripods, and of course that;s the best way. But for snapshots, if you use the viewfinder (if your camera has one) that will help. However you probably use the LCD panel, like most people. If your camera shows the shutter speed, I'd at least check it to see what the camera has selected as best for the shot. Just remember that the smaller the number the slower the shutter speed. (8 usually means 1/8 second and 125 usually means 1/125 second, etc.)

Like someone else said, practice is important. But these tips should help.
1.Keep your elbows tight in to your body, not sticking out like wings.
2.Hold your breath.
3.Press the shutter button slowly and gently...don't jab at it!
4.Be sure to wait until the camera focuses and actually takes the picture before you move it.

I've taken shots of motionless subject with a point and shoot using the LCD at 1/8 of a second without image stabilization other than using the technique I mentioned above. Of course, if your subject is moving, you'll need a faster shutter speed. For people shots 1/125 is generally adequate. But for moving animals or cars, you will need a faster shutter speed to freeze the action.

I hope this helps you...and happy shooting!

Answer 3

Camera shake may not be your problem. Being new to digital photography, you might be missing one detail of the picture taking process. There are two steps in pressing the shutter button.

FIRST- Press the shutter button half way down. This is where the camera focuses itself and sets the apeture. You should see some sort of change on the LCD screen to indicate that the camera has locked in on a focal range.

SECOND- After the camera is locked on the subject, continue pressing the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture.

This should solve your focus problem.
ALSO- Use a flash when required.

Answer 4

If you have the option to change shutter speed on your camera change it to faster than 1/250 s. This means that the image will be taken in a 250th of a second which compensates for shakey hand movement. However, at this speed less light will be able to get through the lens, meaning your pictures might show up too dark. If this is the case, use the flash or find a better light source.

Of course, there's tripods. But they're pretty expensive and cumbersome if you're just taking casual snaps.

Answer 5

all you have to do is hold the camera closer to you so that there is not enough force req to click cuz under pressure u may shake while trying to press the button...........even if this doesnt help buy some kind of stand for ur support

Answer 6

A tripod or a digicam that feature an image stabilizer like Lumix & Casio.

Answer 7

Try putting your camera on a tripod.

Answer 8

Didn't today digital camera comes with a blurr free function already?

Answer 9

relax when taking get used to holding the camera in a new way (it is different to the hold up to eye and click):::!!!! just practice lots , when at home :::then delete (only costs the battery power ::!!!)

Answer 10

use a tripod, it helps. or put your camera on top of something flat and smooth then set the timer. it would help =)