Barrie Giles Loc: Bountiful, UT

Hi! I have wanted to get more skills with my camera for a few years and came across this site today. I am a mom of 4 mostly grown kids. My kids say I take too many pictures; but they always seem to enjoy looking at all our old photos! I have a Nikon D7000. It's a great camera -most of the time. I have blurry photos too often. I am sure that is due to operator error. That's why I am here on the forum. Maybe someone can help me out as I try to improve. Thanks!

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

Good luck, learn a lot and pay it forward when you can. Blurry photos can be as simple as the way you hold your camera. I recently posted a video of 5 photographers showing you how to be as steady as possible, even discussing breathing properly. There are many more factors of course, but start there... Here is the link to the video:
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-253275-1.html

Barrie Giles Loc: Bountiful, UT

Thank you! I will certainly pay if forward, starting with my family members.

Barrie Giles Loc: Bountiful, UT

OK - here's a super blurry one. How to NOT do this? Also, any opinion of the Nikon D7000? Is it inferior to a Canon of similar features? Not that I am going to replace it, but curious.

Mr PC Loc: Austin, TX

Would need the settings the camera had. Your shutter speed might be too slow. You may have pushed the shutter too quickly. On almost all digital cameras, you need to push the shutter halfway, wait for the autofocus to work and then press the rest of the way to take the shot. This is a real common mistake. Also, if your lens has a switch on it to go from autofocus to manual, you usually want it to autofocus, these switches get changed sometimes. There's at least 3 things to check out and there are a lot more!

Whuff Loc: Marshalltown, Iowa

As MrPC pointed out there could be several reasons this is blurry. The two big ones would be shutter speed and technique. To me it looks like camera shake which a higher shutter speed would correct. Better technique would also correct that. Welcome to UHH. We'll be glad to answer any questions you have. You can also use the search feature at the top of the page. There are very few questions that haven't been asked before and you can see discussions on all of them using that search function.

Walt

Whuff Loc: Marshalltown, Iowa

BTW, your Nikon is not at all inferior to a Canon of the same features. It nearly breaks my heart to say that because I'm a Canon guy, but I'm giving you the straight scoop. Both are very good cameras.

Walt

Barrie Giles Loc: Bountiful, UT

Thank you!

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

Welcome to the forum Barrie. 8-)

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Hi Barrie,

Welcome to the force...

You have entered an addictive land of truths, myths, fantasies, ghosts, goblins and good old fashioned advice (whether you want it or not)...

Seriously though - the folks here have lots of good advice and a couple of days of experience and are willing share what they can - don't hesitate to ask detailed questions, in fact, the more details, the more accurate the answer ;)

I've put together some resources for photography - a lot of reading, but a wealth of tips / tricks / knowledge...

Resources for the Photographer

The Home Page is the gateway to the UHH Sections

The FAQ's - please check it out -

Forum Rules

The search link at the top of this page will let you search the forum - TIP: use advanced link to select the section to search and you can also select "sort to show most recent topics first...

And finally - the "quote reply" is used to specifically address an individual poster (such as I did with this reply) - good to use when answering different questions from multiple folks - they see their question/comment and know who the answer/comment is addressed to ;)

Ask away and post away - looking forward to seeing some photos.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

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wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Welcome My Uncle was the "The" (only had one) Bishop of Bountiful 60 years ago. Welcome to the Hog. - Dave

Corolyn Loc: Live in TN

Welcome Barrie! Look forward to seeing some good people photos and anything else you come up with. I just joined too and it has been an awesome experience. There are a lot of really good photographers on this site and all will tell you like it is. Any help you need they deliver. Enjoy :-D

ras422 Loc: Virginia

The d7000 is a great camera! No need to buy another one yet. Take some time to learn the camera and the different settings. You have already received some very good advice. Welcome and practice your skills but don't let your kids rush you, make sure you are focused and gently push the shutter the rest of the way. Good luck and happy shooting. Rich

YoungEsqr Loc: Minnesota

I have the D7000 and my wife the D3300 and both of us take great pictures (blushing). Focus your camera, use proper settings, and be gentle when squeezing off a picture would be my best advice.
It could be the camera but that is not the first place I would lay blame and definitely wouldn't put blame on one brand of camera over the other. Good luck and welcome.