February 14, 2003: Times Square Blur
The problem with digital cameras is that they are very susceptible to blurring. One reason for this is that the CCDs in most cameras are set relatively slow- they correspond to film rated about ASA 100. This is fine for bright light situations, but if you are sitting in the back of a cab driving through Times Square at midnight, the long shutter speed that the camera needs to gather enough light is going to produce significant blur. Sometimes it's not so bad- in the picture above I almost like it. There are a lot of ways to avoid the blur- my Canon G2 has manual exposure settings that allow me to jack up the CCD sensitivity. This allows me to use faster shutter speeds- but I often don't have time to giggle it when I'm in a rush. Other ideas? Shoot during the day, in bright light, get a tripod, or stand very, very still.
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My major problem with being a photographer is that i'm too shy to take pictures of people i don't know. That sort of limits me to taking pictures of buildings, food, city streets.
i remember the time one bum started yelling at me for taking pictures of another bum.. he was trying to incite some sort of rage-filled attack, but the other bum just rolled over, all incoherent, and seemed very confused. i ran anyway... i wasn't going to take any chances...
I love Natti- she's always bringing the crazy stories. This one reminds me of the time my friend Tara was with Paul Auster's son in Stuyvesant Park on 15th Street and a bum kissed him flat on the lips. Tara was always getting into trouble like that.
I've got a Powershot G5 and it has two custom shooting modes where I can preset settings and "save" them to that custom mode. If you do a lot of low-light/nightime photography like I do, they come in VERY handy.
Is there somehow to fix this pictures.
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