Thursday 3 June 2010

One handed photographers...

... seem to be everywhere! What is it with people who think that they can get a nice sharp clear image whilst holding their camera or phonecam in their outstretched hand? Sure the pic may look ok on the screen on the back of the device, but if or when they view it larger, or dare I say it ... PRINT it... I think they will be very disappointed with their efforts. In my opinion the single most important thing that you can do to improve your photographs is to hold the camera steady - that means TWO hands, and keeping still while you shoot. I have been taking photographs for over 50 years and still need to focus on stillness under some lighting conditions, and would NEVER dream of using a one handed shot unless I was using a 1/1000 of a sec, or less and I doubt that compacts and phone cams are that fast! It was so noticeable in Venice recently, where hundreds of people were on holidays and just walking up to a scene, raising the camera, taking one shot and walking away!!! Will they have memories or just blurry recollections???

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