Post by marquart425x on Mar 12, 2010 14:24:10 GMT -5
Ok... so I'm noticing more and more 'blurred' pictures getting posted on here.
Please note, before you read ANY farther: I am not criticizing anyone. I've got to believe that you're not happy with the pics you've got. And you took the pics to show your model off, right? And we want to see pics of your model, right? Blurry doesn't show anyone anything... So take some time, read this over and maybe it will help out.
The biggest thing I have seen are simply focus issues - blurred subjects with in-focus backgrounds.
When this happens, the autofocus camera is too close to the subject and there's too much going on for the camera to focus; it grabs the farthest thing away and shutters.
A kids/pets/action settings often give you a pre-box of what the focus will be on. That should help - if the box isn't on your stuff, then it won't be in focus. Stepping back and zooming in can do wonders... I've had bad luck with portrait settings - focus is too general, often goes RIGHT to the background and it rarely has enough flash.
Flourescent lighting can help brighten up the area and make it easier for the camera's auto-settings to find what you want... Incandescent lights make everthing yellow out.
be careful pressing the button down. The cameras are light and the buttons designed to be easy for lazy, chubby American fingers to depress... Pushing too hard makes the camera dip to one side and makes a blurred effect. Plenty of light and flash and a good steady hand can eliminate a lot of blur...
BUT! There's a lot more reflecting back into the camera, too.
With the amount of silver and chrome we've got going on, along with the gloss finish on the veneer of a countertop/background, you may want to hold the camera slightly off center (at an angle instead of being right on the subect like this ] X angle the camera like this \ X.
If you point and shoot directly at the subject, the reflection will flash back into the lens and glare your pic to hell and alter the focus (it will focus on the glare itself and ruin the pic)...
Being off center lets the flash come in from an angle, and bounce off at an opposite angle... it never comes directly back into the lens while still adding 'light' to the image.
Keep the light on the subject either above it (no shadows) or behind you, but to the side so it does not cast a shadow. This will give you even light and keep the highs/lows even and the pic will be better.
And don't play the 'I have a crappy camera' card... Most phones take decent pics, and with a little effort and trial-and-error, even the crappiest point-and-shoot digital can take a fair picture.
Hope this stuff helps...
Please note, before you read ANY farther: I am not criticizing anyone. I've got to believe that you're not happy with the pics you've got. And you took the pics to show your model off, right? And we want to see pics of your model, right? Blurry doesn't show anyone anything... So take some time, read this over and maybe it will help out.
The biggest thing I have seen are simply focus issues - blurred subjects with in-focus backgrounds.
When this happens, the autofocus camera is too close to the subject and there's too much going on for the camera to focus; it grabs the farthest thing away and shutters.
A kids/pets/action settings often give you a pre-box of what the focus will be on. That should help - if the box isn't on your stuff, then it won't be in focus. Stepping back and zooming in can do wonders... I've had bad luck with portrait settings - focus is too general, often goes RIGHT to the background and it rarely has enough flash.
Flourescent lighting can help brighten up the area and make it easier for the camera's auto-settings to find what you want... Incandescent lights make everthing yellow out.
be careful pressing the button down. The cameras are light and the buttons designed to be easy for lazy, chubby American fingers to depress... Pushing too hard makes the camera dip to one side and makes a blurred effect. Plenty of light and flash and a good steady hand can eliminate a lot of blur...
BUT! There's a lot more reflecting back into the camera, too.
With the amount of silver and chrome we've got going on, along with the gloss finish on the veneer of a countertop/background, you may want to hold the camera slightly off center (at an angle instead of being right on the subect like this ] X angle the camera like this \ X.
If you point and shoot directly at the subject, the reflection will flash back into the lens and glare your pic to hell and alter the focus (it will focus on the glare itself and ruin the pic)...
Being off center lets the flash come in from an angle, and bounce off at an opposite angle... it never comes directly back into the lens while still adding 'light' to the image.
Keep the light on the subject either above it (no shadows) or behind you, but to the side so it does not cast a shadow. This will give you even light and keep the highs/lows even and the pic will be better.
And don't play the 'I have a crappy camera' card... Most phones take decent pics, and with a little effort and trial-and-error, even the crappiest point-and-shoot digital can take a fair picture.
Hope this stuff helps...
