Get Sharp Images with Slow Shutter Speeds: Ask David Bergman

Today's question from Evan K, “I can never seem to get sharp images when shooting with a slow shutter speed like 1/30 second. What am I doing wrong?”

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[LockeGS]

Basically everything he said to stabilize a shot is the same as precision shooting with a firearm. If you shoot firearms, this is a direct carry over.
If you're a photographer that hasn't shot a firearm before, these points also directly carry over that direction as well.

[adventuresofjandk]

Best photography tutorials on YouTube. Love this guy.

[Bishnu_Deb]

Great tips, David. There is always something new to learn from your videos. Love 💖 from India 🇮🇳

[tanweercaa]

Very nice info David, it's always something new in your videos.

[dalecunning]

New to the lets learn how to take photos. Thus is a great video. Awesome info. I do have one question? Do you use that tennis racket that is in the Garage portion of the video or is it a prop? lol Asking for a friend.

[mikek]

Awesome video David -- like an evening photoclass squeezed into 9 minutes. Re burst mode -- it's the ONLY way to shoot race cars. You have to shoot slower than a 60th to get wheel spin, but still have to have sharp numbers and door seams. You get maybe 1-2 out of a 20 shot burst. As for hand holding, I have learned NEVER to shoot my 5 DSr (50 megapixels) slower than 1/200, when using my 24-105. It's the only way I've found to get consistently sharp shots. Thanks again David.

[johnsg]

When using longer focals and a monopod keep you hand on top of the lens to pressing, really just resting, it into the monopod for more stability.

[felixrodriguez]

Great lesson on how to handle a camera and knowing your camera is the key of taking a great image compare to a so so image. I think of it like shooting a rifle to hit my target the subject matter at hand. That just as important as knowing what camera is capable of doing. Even the camera company covers how shoot with the unit in their manuals but some people do not read that part. This is a good key point that covered David.

[JDubyafoto]

Practice makes perfect. I used to often shoot at 1/8 second handheld using ISO 100 film at weddings back in the film days. That was using a Hasselblad with an 80mm f/2.8 lens with no stabilization. I find heavier cameras are much more easy to get good results with slow exposures than light cameras. Like I said...practice makes perfect. Get out and practice a lot. Pixels are free once you've got the camera and memory card.

[bharaninathkomandur]

In a slow shutter speed, I stop breathing. If I breathe, I move.

[enduraman]

Yeah, Bergman forgot to talk about stabilization devices like tripod, monopods which is what you really need for long shutter speeds. However, the advice he gives is sound.

[Vipuljadav-qlvb]

Sir very nice and informative video love from india

[raydunn]

Hi David, , , Its always been said ? to have your shutter speed at the same as your lens or higher, , , My question is, , , If your using a crop censor camera with say a 100m lens, , , would your shutter speed also be 100 or would you increase the same as the crop say by 1.6 making the shutter speed 160. and dose the same definision also apply to micro four thirds cameras as well.

[focusist]

Yup, just like shooting a rifle Great video!

[LiahusN]

I clicked on the video thinking we are talking about "slow" shutter speeds of 1-2 seconds 😃

[jeveetsoibam]

1:53 u can still use slow shutter while shooting racing cars

[shravansingh]

Also a flash will help freeze the subject at very slow shutter speed.

[dragonball]

Wow almost million subscribers excellent I always shoot with lcd It’s comfortable for me I see subject better if I’m focus or not I flip lcd up for low shots someone in my way I flip it down raise camera above my head

[mikemitchem]

Which stabilization do you think works best IBIS or lens stabilization? Thanks!

[ritrattoaziendale]

Nearly half of the YouTube photogr....pardon, influencers 😀hold the lens from above, instead of underneath as you correctly explained; and when you ask them "man, why tf you're handling the camera/lens that way, that's not how you do it", they'll dismiss you like "ehy that works for me, what tf you want, I'm queen/king of YT and you're no one, don't pi*s me off with that".
Usually my "BS influencer detector" on YT video is just how someone holds the camera; if i discover a new guy/girl, and see that he/she holds the camera in the wrong why, i just thumb down the video, close it and would ignore the channel for the future, because I'm looking at just ads (explicit or not) and a bunch of cr*p info, instead of content done from a serious source/photographer, which he/she may also do ads, but there's value added in their content.