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HI everyone!
I just joined you guys today to seek some advice on how to take pictures using my digital camera at indoor horse shows. This past Christmas I was thrilled to receive a new Digital Camera, a Sony DSC-V1. My old digital camera was about 5 or more years old and I felt as though I was ready for a step up. I read reviews about the different kind of digital cameras in certain ranges (Both price and megapixels) and thought that the Sony V1 would be a great choice.
I have actually read the manual. I can't say that I totally understand it but I have read the thing.
For outdoor horse shows, this camera kicks bootay! I was at an outdoor horse show about 3 weeks ago and I got some wonderful pictures despite it being my first time really screwing around with the thing.
When the sun went down however, I couldn't get a good picture to save my life, despite the flood lights that lit the arena. If I used the flash, it only flashed to a certain distance and I got a lot of lovely pictures of the rail but no horse. Turning the flash off and slowing down the shutter speed was no good of course because horses don't stand still for very long. The pictures were dark and blurry.
I was at an indoor horse show last night and I set my camera to make speed of the shutter a priority and opened up my f-stop all of the way thinking from my classes in my high school days with manual cameras (looooong time ago)that this would work. It was ok, but not at all great. Pictures were very grainy, blurry, dark and disappointing
So today I'm frustrated. I do realize that it's not the camera's fault that I'm not getting crisp, clear, beautiful professional-looking pictures..heheh.. that the problem lies in the idiot holding the camera.
Is there anyone else that takes pictures using digital cameras at indoor horse shows that can point me in the right direction of what to read to teach myself to take better pictures in this situation?
Thank you for your time!
Heather Moreton Abounader
Hand Made, Museum Quality Miniatures
Desert Night Creations
http://www.desertnightcreations.com/halters.html
I just joined you guys today to seek some advice on how to take pictures using my digital camera at indoor horse shows. This past Christmas I was thrilled to receive a new Digital Camera, a Sony DSC-V1. My old digital camera was about 5 or more years old and I felt as though I was ready for a step up. I read reviews about the different kind of digital cameras in certain ranges (Both price and megapixels) and thought that the Sony V1 would be a great choice.
I have actually read the manual. I can't say that I totally understand it but I have read the thing.
For outdoor horse shows, this camera kicks bootay! I was at an outdoor horse show about 3 weeks ago and I got some wonderful pictures despite it being my first time really screwing around with the thing.
When the sun went down however, I couldn't get a good picture to save my life, despite the flood lights that lit the arena. If I used the flash, it only flashed to a certain distance and I got a lot of lovely pictures of the rail but no horse. Turning the flash off and slowing down the shutter speed was no good of course because horses don't stand still for very long. The pictures were dark and blurry.
I was at an indoor horse show last night and I set my camera to make speed of the shutter a priority and opened up my f-stop all of the way thinking from my classes in my high school days with manual cameras (looooong time ago)that this would work. It was ok, but not at all great. Pictures were very grainy, blurry, dark and disappointing
So today I'm frustrated. I do realize that it's not the camera's fault that I'm not getting crisp, clear, beautiful professional-looking pictures..heheh.. that the problem lies in the idiot holding the camera.
Is there anyone else that takes pictures using digital cameras at indoor horse shows that can point me in the right direction of what to read to teach myself to take better pictures in this situation?
Thank you for your time!
Heather Moreton Abounader
Hand Made, Museum Quality Miniatures
Desert Night Creations
http://www.desertnightcreations.com/halters.html