When you snap a shot, do you...

[Dmitri]

How's your breath?

 

[480sparky67 67]

Camera, gun.... breathing's the same. Inhale, exhale half way and hold. This assumes hand-held camera.

 

[LaFoto]

I'm not quite sure I'm getting your question?
I always HOPE I don't have halitosis...

Do you actually mean to ask: do you breathe or don't you?
That much depends on WHAT I'm shooting.
Like when I tried out that reverse lens macro shooting, where DOF is razorblade thin, I even had to try and make my heart stop beating for the moment I took the photo (impossible, of course, but just to show you how very much you need to have everything under control, also your breathing).
If you need to hold your breath, you best breathe in first and hold it then. Once you have breathed out, you have an instant desire to breathe in again. I'm sure, everyone knows this.
And yes, I tend to hold my breath in situations where I handhold a photo that is very much on the edge (like at 1/13 sec or so).

 

[joealcantar]

Camera, gun.... breathing's the same. Inhale, exhale half way and hold. This assumes hand-held camera.

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2nd that :
Breathing Techniques for Snipers
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Shoot well, Joe

 

[frisii]

At the end of exhalation, with empty lungs.

 

[ghache]

LOL!!! shooting a deer at 500ft and a model at 15ft is totally different. you guys are funny. I fart! crack a joke and laught at the same time

I wish my 30-06 had VR.

Do you guys hyperventilate while shooting 8 fps?

 

[DorkSterr]

When I use focal lengths over 300mm or shutter speed slower than 1/20 of a second I hold my breath. With VR, VRII or OS on.

 

[Netskimmer]

LOL!!! shooting a deer at 500ft and a model at 15ft is totally different. you guys are funny. I fart! crack a joke and laught at the same time

I try to fart as well...
Feel, Ask, Refine, Take :thumbup:
FART for Fantastic Photos

I wish my 30-06 had VR.

Me too!

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Do you guys hyperventilate while shooting 8 fps?

HAHA, good one.

I agree that it depends. The only time it would matter ( for a normal person anyway ) would be if you were shooting at a slower shutter speed. I shoot hand held with my 400mm 5.6 all day long without any special breathing, but I make sure my shutter speed stays above 1/1000th. If I have to go slower ( down to like 1/800th ) I may go out of my way to try and hold with some special technique to brace myself. If I go much slower than that, I just get out a tripod, up the ISO, or call it a day.

Also, another instance I think of where it would matter is if you were attempting a hand-held bracketed HDR shot.

 

[Virtuosos]

I think zooming a fair distance is about the only time I concentrate on my shakes/breathing/steadyness. Other than that it just bleh !

 

[480sparky67 67]

..........Do you guys hyperventilate while shooting 8 fps?

I have no problem holding my breath while the buffer fills up.

 

[Robin Usagani]

ghache breathes quite fast when he shoots those modles.

 

[frisii]

With me, it was more in the past, shooting film - using 400 ASA max.

Do you guys hyperventilate while shooting 8 fps?

HAHA, good one.

I agree that it depends. The only time it would matter ( for a normal person anyway ) would be if you were shooting at a slower shutter speed. I shoot hand held with my 400mm 5.6 all day long without any special breathing, but I make sure my shutter speed stays above 1/1000th. If I have to go slower ( down to like 1/800th ) I may go out of my way to try and hold with some special technique to brace myself. If I go much slower than that, I just get out a tripod, up the ISO, or call it a day.

Also, another instance I think of where it would matter is if you were attempting a hand-held bracketed HDR shot.

 

[mrpink]

Spray and pray. If the photos don't look good I go buy more expensive camera gear and try again.






p!nK

 

[geraldsoh]

i will close my left eye...i notice some ppl open both of their eyes?