Hi! I'm Patrick from Tallahassee.
I find myself here because of frustration and dissatisfaction that led me to become more and more interested in using the amazing tools available to me in digital photography. It's always been a subject 'of interest' but not one I've actively pursued until now.
My point-and-shoot (on auto, of course) kept on blurring the pics of kids in action, so I figured if I was going to spend that much $ I may as well get a decent DSLR.
Having done so, I rapidly became dissatisfied with Auto mode and wanted to learn more.
So, here I am.
sinatraman
Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant
In order to stop action and prevent blurring you need as fast a shutter speed as possible. Which means less light will be coming in from the shutter so you will need to either shoot with as big an aperture/small f stop number like f2 or you can increase your iso number making your sensor more sensitive to light but at the cost of increasing digital noise. Welcome to this site. There are lots of people willing to help and give great advice. Post some of your shots and let us see. By the way sometimes blurring isnt a bad thing it symbolizes motion such as falling water or a running back avoiding aa tackle.
Action shots can be tought. Try using shutter speed priority, set shutter speed for fast (i.e. 1/1000), and shot actions shots. If that still blurrs, then go to faster shutter speed. However, some bokeh (blurr) can be a good thing to show movement in still picture.
If all this fails, then you try manual and set a fast shutter speed, open aperture (low f), and ISO 400-800 or auto.
Try holding the shutter half way down so the camera can focus and then take the shot.
Thanks guys. I appreciate the willingness to share and nudge in the right direction - that's exactly why I'm here.
I'm actually doing pretty well so far. I got to grips with action pics using the Av mode on my camera and will occasionally switch to M when I'm feeling brave - gotta love love love how digital lets you make mistakes and learn!
Recent projects have been around learning how to take passable shots in low light conditions, moonlight & playing with exposure times, and also portraiture.
I see a pic I like and think "I wonder how they did that" and go digging. Forums like this are great for such info.
HDR is my current learning vertical. Am heading out tomorrow to see if the gorgeous live oak at a friends farm is going to look as spectacular at sunset as I hope it will!
Thanks again! :-)
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