Monday, September 29, 2008

Taking burst shots

I have taken the advice of other students and taken a burst of photo's instead of just taking one. When I printed out the photo's I noticed something... all the photo's I took in succession were exactly the SAME! Maybe slight differences, but I didn't have 3-4 different photos of the same area. 

Here is my advice, instead of taking multiple photos one after another (which will all probably turn out the same because you don't really adjust much), just relax and take a good photo. Take multiple photos, but make sure you adjust the focus or positioning because if you don't and the first photo is shit, the other 3 probably will be too...

Just my thoughts

Acacsia  

2 comments:

Nick said...

Hi Acacsia

Yeah, if the camera is positioned or focused incorrectly then no number of shots is going to help anything. That’s why it is important to check the images on the camera’s screen and make adjustments accordingly.

The reason why I recommended taking bursts of shots is in case the patient twitched, blinked, the flash didn’t go off or some other momentary problem arose.

I guess what I mean is that people shouldn’t be cautious about the number of shots they take. The memory card can handle it and they might just stumble across a good’un they would have missed otherwise!

But that’s just my opinion :)
Nick

Luke K said...

I believe the short bursts tactic works well, around 5-8 pics. Bearing in mind that you must slightly adjust the focus on the camera if you are moving closer or further from your subject. I have been quite successful using this tech.
I find counting down from 10 seconds whilst taking your photos is nice to hear as a pt because as a pt, you know how long you have to hang on for if things are getting a little uncomfortable.