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Microsoft Picture It! Companion Guide
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Camera
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One way to compensate for the shutter lag is to anticipate your shot. Imagine
you are photographing a runner with a camera that has a four-second shutter
lag. (The four-second shutter lag will not be highlighted on the camera’s
packaging, but you can figure it out through your own experience.) First, focus
your camera on a spot that the runner will cross in about 10 seconds. When the
runner is only four seconds away from your target spot, press the shutter
button. The exposure should occur just as the runner comes into your field of
focus.
Another way to shoot a moving subject is to pan your camera with the action.
While a stop-action photo freezes everything in the photo, panning your camera
keeps your moving subject in focus, but blurs the background. For this effect,
you do not want to use the action mode, because you do not want a fast shutter
speed. To accomplish this effect, follow your moving subject in the viewfinder
(or LCD screen) as it moves, but pan the camera so that your subject remains in
the same position in the frame. Your result won’t show the subject in as clear a
focus as stop action, but the blurred background helps to pronounce the speed
and movement of your subject.
Since the camera panned with the subject, the girl is in fairly sharp focus and the background
is blurred. This technique helps convey movement.