freezing motion - D3000

[tscouple]

Hello

Can someone please help me.... I'm new to DSLRs. I recently purchased a Nikon D3000.

I want to know how I can freeze motion when taking photos of dancing , wedding dances, people moving, etc.I tried taking wedding dance sequence photos, but ended up with blurred photos

Please help....

Thank you

[RichardTaylor]

If you are not familiar with the "Exposure Triangle"

Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle

Try putting it in sports mode and see how you go.

Otherwise
(1) Aperture Priority
(1) maximum ISO (This will make the camera as sensitive to light as possible)
(2) Maximum aperture (low F number) (This will let in as much light as possible)
(3) Take what ever shutter speed you can get reduce the ISO (to reduce "noise" and/or
If you find you have shutter speed to spare;
make the aperture smaller to give you more Depth of field (DOF) (Zone of sharpness) and/or reduce your IS to reduce noise .


If you find your pics are still blurry due to subject motion or camera motion you will need more light (flash?) and/or a "faster" lens like with a maximum aperture of F2.8 or more preferably F2.

[BigFuzzy]

I know this is going to sound harsh.. but you have to learn the basics.

So, in order to get sharp images, learn what shutter speed is and learn how to achieve a shutter speed that will freeze action (typically 1/125th)

Without knowing the conditions under which you took your photos, we can't help you more. We need to know what lighting conditions were there.
Or better yet, post your image with the EXIF info and we can tell you more about what settings you want to achieve.

In the end, I'm assuming you had a shutter speed slower than 1/60th. And if you don't know what I mean by that... you really really need to learn the basics. Not trying to be mean.. I'm just not sure if me telling you to try to get 1/125th of a second shutter even means anything to you or if you even know how to change your camera settings to get that.

EDIT: Richard gives some good advice.. particularly his link.