Just in time for a flurry of holiday bad-picture-taking. David Pogue offers the following tricks (go to the link for cogent explanations):
- Half-pressing the shutter button (to prefocus) eliminates shutter lag.
- For the blurred-background effect, back up and zoom in.
- Force the flash outdoors.
- Exploit the magic hour.
- Use a lampshade socket at a tripod.
Lifehacker (whence the Pogue article) suggests as well:
- Exhale and pull elbows in for steady shots.
- Use the Unsharp Mask/Smart Sharpen for crisper shots.
- Deal with shooting in direct light.
- Get behind something to shoot more candidly.
- Get a cheap, DIY lens hood or flash filter.
Pretty good stuff.
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