PHOTOGRAPHY OF MOVING OBJECTS [OR PHOTOGRAPHING SPEED]

Speed ??is cool right? I don't know if it will happen to you too but I enjoy capturing speed through the lens of my camera. The typical quick action that happens before your eyes in 3, 2 seconds or even in less than a second. I love to keep her. Every time I shoot a photo of something in rapid motion a huge amount of very addictive adrenaline runs through my brain. Many blog readers asked me through comments in previous articles on what type of camera to use to capture photos at high speed. And while it is true that the camera and its features is very decisive, I have ALWAYS said that the way we use that camera is also something that greatly influences the final result, how clear our picture will be. Well, without further delay I reveal the formula that every photographer worth his salt (professional or amateur) has to follow to take extremely sharp and clear photos of objects and subjects in motion.

HOW TO CLEARLY PHOTOGRAPH A FAST MOVEMENT

On the one hand we have the camera settings that we will have to put as follows. It is always advisable to use the Manual mode of the camera dial so that you can control all the settings as you wish:

1- SHUTTER SPEED

We must adjust the shutter speed of our camera at a very high speed. We can test with 1/500, if we see that it does not work very well we test with 1/1000, if it does not work we still raise the speed even more to 1/2000, and so we go until we find the optimal point.

2- OPENING / DIAPHRAGM

As we apply the previous point we will realize that the photo is getting darker and darker. To combat this we will change the camera settings to a large aperture to allow enough light to enter. The aperture / diaphragm is expressed with the value f /, a value that the lower the larger the opening will be and the more light will enter. For example f / 3.5 means a large enough aperture and therefore enough light will come in, but if the dark photo still appears, we will lower the f / even more value (within the possibilities allowed by our camera). A f / 1.8 value will offer our photo much more light. Be careful, the opening / diagram also affects the depth of field. A very large aperture (very low f / value) will cause us to have a very low depth of field and therefore the object in focus will be VERY focused and the background very out of focus. Between point 1 and point 2 you have to experiment and play. The faster the shutter speed that we put smaller will be the f / (larger aperture) value that we will have to use.

3-ISO VALUE

At this point we should already be able to take a decent photo, but if we still get the dark photo, we can pull but prudently the ISO value. Recall that the ISO gives more light to the photo (since it makes the sensor more sensitive to photons) but it has the disadvantage that the photo acquires more noise.

4- BURST SHOT

Most current SLR cameras allow burst shooting. This will help us find the "golden moment" more easily, because even if our pulse moves a little or our hand vibrates somewhat, if a photo is half blurred the next or the next will have to go well. Some cameras allow up to 10 burst photos per second, others only 3 per second. Getting to capture the right moment we are looking for is a satisfaction, since it is like fighting against speed and challenging the laws of physics with the aim of OBTAINING the moment we like and keeping it for ourselves. On the other hand, transmitting speed and movement through a still image is a challenge with which we will be able to measure our progress as photographers. Finally: if reading this article you have been frustrated because you just bought the camera and you have no idea how to make these settings, I invite you to become a VIP reader of the blog. As soon as you have registered, I will send you a PDF guide with enough information to lose your fear of your camera and learn how to handle it with ease. Do you know someone who likes to photograph vertigo speeds? Recommend this article.