How to Capture Moving Objects With an SLR

Taking pictures of moving objects with SLRs can be easy or difficult depending on the size of the subject, the speed at which the subject is moving, lighting conditions and the type of camera you are using. Generally, the key to avoiding blurry images is a fast shutter speed. In most light, though, this will reduce your aperture, translating into a smaller depth of field and making precise focusing more difficult.

Instructions

Fast Irregular Motion

1

Use the highest possible shutter speeds for quick-moving objects. To avoid blur, you should shoot moving cars, professional cyclists, skiers, galloping horses and other very fast-moving objects at a shutter speed of 1/500 if they are moving perpendicular to your camera and at 1/250 if they are moving directly towards or away from a camera.

2

Use 1/250 or 1/125 shutter speed for slower-moving objects.

3

Avoid shooting hand-held at under 1/125, or the image will blur due to camera shake. Use a tripod.

Predictable Motion

4

Use a tripod, for more control of focal point and composition, when you know a fixed location through which a moving subject will pass

5

Focus your camera on an area through which your subject will pass.

6

Click the shutter release just as the subject moves into the field of view of your camera.

ISO

7

Use an ISO setting of 400 on a digital camera or ISO 400-speed film for a film camera for most action photography. This will enable you to use a fairly high shutter speed and still get good depth of field.

8

Avoid an ISO of over 400 in color digital or film photography. The higher the ISO the grainier an image on film or the noisier a digital photo.

9

Consider using a flash unit to freeze action in low light situations.

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Taking pictures of moving objects with SLRs can be easy or difficult depending on the size of the subject, the speed at which the subject is moving, lighting conditions and the type of camera you are using. Generally, the key to avoiding blurry images is a fast shutter speed. In most light, though, this will reduce your aperture, translating into a smaller depth of field and making precise focusing more difficult.

Instructions

Fast Irregular Motion

1

Use the highest possible shutter speeds for quick-moving objects. To avoid blur, you should shoot moving cars, professional cyclists, skiers, galloping horses and other very fast-moving objects at a shutter speed of 1/500 if they are moving perpendicular to your camera and at 1/250 if they are moving directly towards or away from a camera.

2

Use 1/250 or 1/125 shutter speed for slower-moving objects.

3

Avoid shooting hand-held at under 1/125, or the image will blur due to camera shake. Use a tripod.

Predictable Motion

4

Use a tripod, for more control of focal point and composition, when you know a fixed location through which a moving subject will pass

5

Focus your camera on an area through which your subject will pass.

6

Click the shutter release just as the subject moves into the field of view of your camera.

ISO

7

Use an ISO setting of 400 on a digital camera or ISO 400-speed film for a film camera for most action photography. This will enable you to use a fairly high shutter speed and still get good depth of field.

8

Avoid an ISO of over 400 in color digital or film photography. The higher the ISO the grainier an image on film or the noisier a digital photo.

9

Consider using a flash unit to freeze action in low light situations.

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