Help, birthday cake shot!

[Suzi B]

It's my sons birthday and I want to get a nice shot of him later blowing out his candles. How should I have my settings so I can get a clear blur free picture (not easy with a fast moving toddler at the best of times!) but I don't want to use the flash and ruin the ambiance. I'm using a Canon EOS 450D.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Here are a couple I've taken of my oldest and youngest although I'm not sure this is the sort of shot you're after :o)

[Lisa Pouncy]

Both were using an ISO of 400 and f-stop of 5.6

[Emma]

Here are the settings I've used for Birthday shots

Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/11.0
ISO Speed: 1600
Focal Length: 50 mm

(High ISO as the restaurant was quite dark and I didn't want to over ride the candles by using flash)



Exposure: 0.0167 sec (1/60)
Aperture:f/4.0
ISO Speed: 400
Focal Length: 27 mm


This was taken with similar settings to above (exif not on the collage) taken in burst mode with no flash

[Calx]

Exposure: 0.05 sec (10/200)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO Speed: 400
Actually I think I cheated and used the candlelight setting on my camera ;)

[LindenWhite]

I had my husband sit in for a practice run first, but with only the candle light and dark outside, I used the following settings:

Exposure 1/80
f/2.8
ISO 1600
45mm (was shooting in a tight space)

Good luck and have fun!

[Suzi B]

These are great, thank you for the advise. This was my outcome, with a little editing...

[Lisa Pouncy]

@suzibremner Nicely done. I hope he had a lovely day xx

[Michelle]