How to take good indoor shots

February 14th, 2011

NEED HELP!
Recently, I'm taking pictures inside, like in gym, big halls, or in school.
I don't know if it's just that I can't keep my hands still, but most of the times, all I get is a blurry picture......
so....
I need advices from you guys who are really skillful and good at taking shot to advice how to take a clean shot in indoors...
HELP!

February 14th, 2011

Steven Burbidge

@yuliehn
Use a tripod.

Or at a push, if this isn't possible, raise the ISO as much as needed to enable you to shoot hand held. Remember the old rule of thumb that you should use a shutter speed equal to the focal length you're using (based on a full frame or film SLR), so 1/50 sec for a 50mm lens, 1/400 for 400mm and so on.

February 14th, 2011

Courtney

Tripod and lighting are key. :) You can also get a detachable flash to help you with that too when you can't control the light in a building.

February 14th, 2011

Spaceman

Well if you have a DSLR you should get a tripod. But if you have a point & shoot... I don`t know. Use flash? Take shots when there`s more natural light coming in through the window(s)?....

February 14th, 2011

Kit Marsden

The lighting is usually so harsh in places like school halls, gyms, etc, it can be horrible to work with...

Maybe - as already suggested - detachable flashing would be the answer?

February 14th, 2011

Alex Dowding

I have similar problems with this. Good advice so far. Just wish I had room in my everyday bookbag to lug a tripod around with me

February 14th, 2011

Carly

you can get a bean bag ring to put the camera on that would be easier to lug about? @alexgdowding

February 14th, 2011

Alex Dowding

@cazink mmm maybe. Thanks for the tip carly

February 17th, 2011

Julie Byun

thank you for the replies!! Maybe I should get a small tripod to carry around with me :)

February 19th, 2011

Karen Hochstedler

I take a lot of pictures at school in the gym. There is an overhead window which helps during the day sometimes. But I usually have to set the ISO to 1600. Leads to grainy pictures but less blur. I also try to adjust the white balance to florescent if I remember. Its never a great result... but sometimes I'll get something I like. I do some adjustment editing as well.

here are a few examples:

Camera: Nikon Corporation NIKON D40
Exposure: 0.05 sec (10/200)
Aperture: f/13.0
ISO Speed: 1600
Focal Length: 175 mm

Camera: Nikon Corporation NIKON D40
Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO Speed: 1600
Focal Length: 55 mm

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