Tips to Reduce Camera Shake
Some basic tips in this article from digital Photography School - How to Reduce Camera Shake - 6 Techniques. As someone who always shakes, it’s good to find some new simple techniques to try when you don’t have a tripod handy. Anyone have any other tips on reducing camera shake (other than the obvious - get a tripod)?
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July 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
I thought the big thing missing in the article was feet. Try to create a “solid” stance by putting your feet a little further apart than usual; sometimes works better if ou stand slightly sideways with one foot in front of the other. Rock backwards and forwards - if it feels solid, it is.
- Find a nearby solid object and brace yourself against it - doorframe, wall, lamp post. Works best if you do the elbows/deep breath thing as well. If the object is a thin pole (I’m thinking street sign) or wahtever, try wrapping your arm around it so your arms encircle the pole when holding the camera.
- Theres an old trick with a piece of string thats good in emergencies and eminently portable. Get a short, quarter inch bolt (size of tripod screw on the camera) and a nut. Cut a piece of decent string to about your body height. Tie the string securely around the bolt at the ‘head’ end, then use the nut to clamp it down. Screw into the camera. Put the trailing string up under your foot and press down firmly when you’ve worked out the right length to get the camera to your eye. Then just pull the camera up till the string’s tensioned, tuck your elbows in and take a breath. Done right, at a push it’ll give you a couple of stops to play with.