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How would you shoot an active boy I had too shot at a high shutter speed 200, just to get him sharp, but then the light was low because I couldn't follow with reflector or flash and that made focusing very difficult. If he would hold still I could set my F/stop lower and have a larger margin of error on the focus
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Diane Dupuis |
You may need to get a few extra details to get a proper answer. Where is the boy? what is he doing? indoors? outdoors? what kind of light? what kind of camera are you using? film or digital? maybe upload a sample "bad" picture...
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Noor H. |
i am also interested to know, how can I get sharp (no blur) pictures, no movement in a law light condition ( indoor - day light) with digital camera and without using a flash... a tripod is not a good idea with an active kid. any sugestions?
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Kerry L. Walker |
How would you shoot an active boy? With a shotgun.
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Noor H. |
OOH come on, am being seriuose here:) ok let me put it in other words, how can I take sharp photos, without blurr of an active kid.. without using flash, and in a law light condition.... N
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Noor H. |
OOH come on, am being seriuose here:) ok let me put it in other words, how can I take sharp photos, without blurr of an active kid.. without using flash, and in a law light condition.... N
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Kerry L. Walker |
Sorry, I can pass up the chance for a little humor. Shooting a moving subject indoors without a flash is very difficult. Use the highest ISO film you can or, if shooting digital, set you ISO at its highest setting. Set your shutter speed at about 1/250 and fire away. The BEST way is to use flash at ISO 400. Set your aperature at f/11, go to manual focus and zone focus at the distance you hope to maintain from the subject. The greater DOF will give you some leeway with the focus and the shutter speed won't really matter since the flash will stop the action.
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Karma Wilson |
I concur with Kerry--shotgun is best at close distances and even works on girls. J/K I also conclude with Kerry that it's going to be difficult to get good quality pictures of moving subjects in low light with no flash. If that were really easy people wouldn't be spending thousands on fast lenses and external flash units. Best bet for kids is to get outside on a cloudy day. Light is very flattering but pleny good enough to catch action. It's also a natural beautiful setting. If you MUST be indooors (sporting event, etc..) I agree--set a high ISO (although on some cameras that's disasterous). It's not an easy situation. Try flash and if you're flash on your camera is VERY bright and ugly diffuse it with a white knee high. Just cut off the toe and stick it over the flash. Or put a piece of white tuperware over your lens up in front of your flash. Good luck, Karma
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anonymous |
Can you give him something to do, like maybe play snap etc, it would be better than chasing him around. I think a photo of him looking over his cards would be very cute.
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Noor H. |
Thanks alot guys, but am not really familier with using the flash on manual setting.can you explain it to me in a simpler way ( flash toe and others...) appreciate it n
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Kerry L. Walker |
If this question is directed toward me and my response, I was not suggesting you go to manual exposure, only manual focus. Keep your exposure on auto (AP) and set your focus to manual. No need to go all manual if you aren't familiar with the concept. I am but that's because I'm so old that all manual was all we had when I started out.
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Noor H. |
Hello kerry, i understand how use all the manual functions, amd just not that familier with some flash techniqes. :)
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Kerry L. Walker |
I started out with all manual so I know how to use manual flash - but I don't (unless I am using a muli-flach setup with a flash meter). I usually shoot in AP mode. It's easier to let the TTL mode do its thing. Getting lazy in my old age.
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