Mastering Your DSLR Part 9 - Taking Sharper Images (Unit A)

Are your photos always crisp and sharp? Do you often find when you get home from a photo shoot and start sorting and editing your photos, that some of your shots are blurred and too fuzzy to use? Or are those great shots you thought you took just not quite as good when you finally examine them more closely on your computer at home? The absence of sharpness in a shot can ruin an otherwise good photo, unless of course, the blur is intentional. Sharpness in a photograph is the combination of good equipment and good technique. In this and the next few sub-articles of this series, we consider a few techniques that may assist you in ensuring your photographs are as sharp as they can possibly be. Shutter Speed Choosing the right shutter speed is a crucial aspect of capturing a perfectly sharp photograph. An old rule of thumb used for 35mm film says that the shutter speed should be . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)