Comments on: How to Hold a Digital Camera

By: Raoul Isidro

Raoul Isidro — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:45 +0000

I hold the DSLR upside down.
It looks silly and weird, yes… but it frees up my nose from wetting the monitor screen and navigation buttons.
I just flip the images on the computer.
I used to do this on FILM which didn’t require any adjustment.

By: Gerri

Gerri — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:28:41 +0000

#4 Add extra stability by leaning against a solid object, seems like a no brainer but I really need to start doing this. I have taken so many fuzzy shots of my little girl because when I bend down I have little to no balance. Awesome tips!

By: Billy

Billy — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:55:09 +0000

A comment on this:
” – before you take your shot take a gentle but deep breath, hold it, then take the shot and exhale. The other method people use is the exact opposite – exhale and before inhaling again take the shot. It’s amazing how much a body rises and falls simply by breathing – being conscious of it can give you an edge.”

Try this: ..
take a gentle but deep breath, half exhale and hold it, then take the shot and … (same as when shooting..)

I do agree it’s like shooting a rile… but iepends what you’re shooting. Timing might not always work out that way in photography. For example – sports, wildlife…etc.

Great post!

By: John Monro

John Monro — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:08:41 +0000

I have a Panasonic TZ7, a point and shoot, and a very good one. To steady my camera I use the straps from my small camera bag. Either put both your hands through the strap and hold the camera as usual – the straps will be around the front of your wrists – and push against the straps to steady the camera or, even better, hold the camera as usual and hook both your thumbs behind the straps, you will find the camera bag lies neatly under the camera and again you can brace your hands nicely against the pull of the straps, which in my case, as I am right handed, passes under my right shoulder behind my back and over my left. Your body is then bracing the camera very nicely. This is a similar technique that many photographers used with their SLRs and small cameras that had straps attached to either side; of course with one’s eye against the viewfinder, the head also was a point of stability. Most point and shoots only have one attachment point, and not many can be used in their cases.

By: arukumar

arukumar — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:22:11 +0000

wich is the world best slr digital camera use for portrait and as well as fashionphotography. please give good suggest………..

By: MMM

MMM — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:01:39 +0000

Hi,
one technoque that i have found useful in reducing shakes is the ’string-pod’.
This is quite a simple yet and effective way to reduce shakes and blurs. All it needs is a screw that fits into the tripod mount under your camera, a strong nylon cord that is tied to it and small metal attachment ( any metal piece the size of your palm or smaller) at the other end that you can step on and hold with your feet. The cord is essentially the length from your toes to the height at which you hold your camera. So when you screw one the bolt into your camera and hod the other end with your foot, the tension in the string eliminates the up and down movement of the camera. Now all you need to worry about is the left to right shake…

It can carried in your pocket very easily and gives great results.

By: MeiTeng

MeiTeng — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:58:07 +0000

Low light photography is indeed a challenge.

By: Anthony Consiglio

Anthony Consiglio — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:24:51 +0000

Better you take a normal breath, exhale about half was (this will slow the heart rate) then squeexe of the shot…just like shooting a firearm! IT REALLY WORKS WELL! T.C.

By: Dianne Clark

Dianne Clark — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:04:21 +0000

Thanks for the great tips on holding the camera steady. My husband and I took several courses in the ’80’s on photography – basic, close-up and darkroom. But when I got a Nikon cool pix – I found that, because there was no viewfinder and I couldn’t hold it up and use my forehead etc. to stabilize the camera, my older, shakier hands sometimes just could not hold it steady enough by using the LCD screen. We have since invested in a Canon A590 and a Canon Rebel DSLR and are now taking great blur-free pictures again. So many of the smaller point and shoots actually do not have viewfinders – they only have the LCD panel to use to frame your shots.

By: Mikes Sumondong

Mikes Sumondong — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:33:32 +0000

I have read from ProBlogger that this is one post that made DPS rise to fame. I just want to see how simple and how basic it is and how it connected to the readers so I can copy it and do it in my own site. Thanks Darren for the inspiration!