Mastering Sharp Photography: Top Techniques for Capturing Crisp Images

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Mastering Sharp Photography: Top Techniques for Capturing Crisp Images

Seeing the photo, our mind is most sad at that time when our photo becomes soft or blurred. Sharp photo looks more attractive than soft photo. When you click a photo of a very lovely moment and in the result we see that the photo has become blurred or out of focus. Then we spoil not only a photo but also a special moment.

Let us learn about some of the reasons that can cause a photo to become blurred or soft.

• If the shutter speed is too low then we get to see smudges and blur in the photo captured.
• When your subject is in motion, motion blur is captured even if you take such a photo with a long shutter speed.
• Poor focus acquisition still results in a blurry image.
• ISO is also a reason for blurring. Because when we set any photo to a high number and click the photo, we still get to see blur.
• You might be using a bad lens which is not good enough to capture a sharp photo.

It is possible that there may be some other reasons besides these, but first of all you have to set these reasons correctly, we will understand the remaining reasons below.

1. ISO Right Settings

First of all, I will include ISO in this list, because ISO can also be the biggest reason for noisy images being captured.

Because we know that as we increase the ISO, the possibility of noise/blur in the photo also increases.

On the other hand, the more you capture the image by keeping the ISO minimum, the more the image will be captured sharp.

Therefore, we want to say that try to capture the image by keeping the ISO as low as possible so that the image is captured very clear and sharp.

2. Use The Hand-Holding Rule

If your camera lens has a zoom of more than 100mm, then I would strongly recommend that you apply the hand holding rule. For example, if the focal length of your lens is 100 mm then your shutter speed should be equivalent to the focal length, meaning shutter speed 1/100 of a second.

Definition of hand holding rule?

The hand Holding Rule says that the shutter speed should be equivalent to the focal length set on the lens.

3. Choose Your Camera Mode Wisely To Get Sharp image

If I tell you myself, whenever I have to shoot a scene in a place where the light is low/dim, in such a situation I mostly shoot in Aperture Priority Mode. Aperture Priority Mode and the widest setting on my lens.

We know that as the F/f value decreases, the size of the aperture will go on increasing. This is usually in the range of f/1.4 to f/5.6 depending on the lens. (For example, with the Nikon 35mm f/1.8 lens, I will set the aperture to its maximum value of f/1.8.)

The camera automatically measures the scene, and guesses what shutter speed to set to get our image adequately exposed.

If we talk about metering, then in Nikon camera we have to select matrix metering and on Canon camera we have to select “Evaluative” metering so that the scene can get the correct shutter speed.

4.  Pick a Fast Enough Shutter Speed To Get Sharp image

After setting the correct metering mode and aperture priority mode, we have to point the camera above the subject i.e. focus on whatever you want to click the photograph, and half-press the shutter. And you can see the value of your shutter speed at the bottom of the viewfinder.

If the shutter speed is 1/100 or faster, then this is your good chance, you can go with this speed as long as there is no motion in your subject. You click one or two photos with this speed and see if any element or subject is getting blurred. If there is blur in the photo due to motion, then you can make the shutter speed faster. Like 1/300 is 1/500 of a second.

But on the contrary, if your shutter speed is less than 1/100 of a second, then it means that there is not enough light in your shoot or scene. This can happen if you are shooting in a room, dim light or at night. If you are shooting in a closed room, open all the windows in the room to let in outside light. It is still possible to capture sharp photos faster than 1/100 second handheld, but it becomes increasingly more difficult the longer your shutter speed is.

5. ISO

If even after making all the above settings, our image is still being captured blurry, then first of all you have to pay attention that you keep the camera straight and ensure that there is no shake in the camera at all. And again you check the output, if still it is not resolved then you need to set the ISO also.

In this case, you can increase the ISO, you can increase it in Auto ISO mode or manually. In dark environment, we can use high ISO, so that we can get sufficient shutter speed.

6. How To Hold Camera

When you are doing photography by holding the camera in your hand, then there is a direct connection between your shutter speed and blur image. Especially when you are clicking a photo by setting a slow shutter speed, there are more chances of getting blur in your image. Because when you are holding the camera in your hand, your stance, breath, way of holding the camera all play a lot in how stable your camera will be.

Imagine, when you hold a rifle in your hand, you cannot make any movement, at that time you have to stand at one place in one position, pull the stock tightly into the shoulder, exhale, and then shoot. And this is the same method you have to follow while shooting the camera.

Just like you do rifle shooting by keeping the same position and your body absolutely stable, in which we have one leg forward so that our body’s weight goes on both the legs, which helps us a lot in getting stable and it helps us a lot for a long time. Helps to stand or stand still in one position. If you click the image while standing in such a position, then you are able to click a sharp image. And you are able to click a sharp photo even in slow shutter speed.

7. Reducing The Motion Blur In Your Subject

If you are clicking the image of a single person, then tell him to stand still and do not move. When you are working with slow shutter speed and you did everything perfectly but still your image comes out blurry because your subject did some movement when the shutter was opened. We call this motion blur.

Some people like motion blur. We see this effect in a fast moving car which looks very beautiful. To create this effect with your camera, you set your camera in shutter priority mode and your shutter speed is 1/100 of a second or less. Tell your subject to move your hand, while keeping the body completely still. So as a result we will see that the body of the subject is very sharp but the hand is in motion.

So in the end I would like to say that if you want this type of motion blur effect then you should use long shutter speed only. But when you are capturing a scene in which two people are talking or doing any action, then in such a scene we do not have to shoot any kind of motion blur. We have to click such a scene with fast shutter speed only.