What are your photography tricks

[snerd]

I try to trick people into thinking I know what I'm doing. I think Braineack believes it.

 

[snowbear114 45]

A big, mean friggin' dog will help you get the best spots to stand while trying to photograph a public event.

 

[snerd]

For real, I bump my ISO a bit and work on breathing and holding technique to help when using lenses with no image stabilization. My hands are getting a little shaky as I near 60.


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[Trever1t]

For real, I bump my ISO a bit and work on breathing and holding technique to help when using lenses with no image stabilization. My hands are getting a little shaky as I near 60.


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You only need to increase iso if you can't get a good exposure otherwise while keeping your shuttere speed faster than the length of your lens. As a rule.

 

[limr29 2]

For real, I bump my ISO a bit and work on breathing and holding technique to help when using lenses with no image stabilization. My hands are getting a little shaky as I near 60.

You only need to increase iso if you can't get a good exposure otherwise while keeping your shuttere speed faster than the length of your lens. As a rule.

Sure, but as we all know, sometimes we feel like breaking rules. And we don't always have options to increase ISO on the fly, or have reasons to not want to increase it too much. The point is, the "rule" can be broken if it has to be if one knows the tricks, and this thread is, after all, about tricks.

Shot handheld using a 50mm at 1/30. Film was Tri-X pushed to 1600. So yes, I increased the ISO in a way, but still had to go wide open and to a slow shutter speed to get an exposure:

Scupture by limrodrigues, on Flickr

 

[Trever1t]

Pushing iso in film isn't quite the same effect as what occurs in a digital camera.

My point was to not increase iso unless you need to, to be able to get the shutter speed needed to avoid shake.

 

[Scatterbrained]

I taught my camera to do a backflip. The images always come out blurry but it amuses the kids at parties.

 

[limr29 2]

Pushing iso in film isn't quite the same effect as what occurs in a digital camera.

My point was to not increase iso unless you need to, to be able to get the shutter speed needed to avoid shake.

And it's a fair point.

I've also not taken shots because I was convinced I wouldn't get anything usable if I needed to shoot slower than 1/60 (using a 50mm), but then I realized that it can be done in a pinch by employing certain tricks about breathing and shooting stance. And it's useful to know how to keep the camera as still as possible at any shutter speed, really.

 

[mcap1972]

My trick is to get close.

 

[imagemaker46]

Can't say I really have any tricks, although I remember this thing I saw with a ping pong ball.

 

[KenC]

I try to do whatever tricks I can, but people stopped giving me candy a long time ago, so I don't think there's any point.

 

[NancyMoranG]

The OP is making mental note right now...
'Note to self, do NOT use the word tricks with this crowd'
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[TCampbell]

There are no "tricks". Photographers use actual magic!

 

[snerd]

There are no "tricks". Photographers use actual magic!

That's what we hams say about radio waves........ string a wire over some trees, fire up the transceiver, and start hearing voices or morse code from far-away places. Magical!!


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[Torus34]

Though not a 'trick', I've learned to look for ways to brace a camera while taking a shot. As I'm often photographing indoors in museums, etc., it can be the difference between a 'keeper' and a reject. I look for columns, wall corners, etc.