Did you ever ask yourself how professional photographers get their photographs so sharp and have you wondered how you can do it yourself? Their images are so crisp, so sharp! If they can do it you must be able to do it to, right? So how can you do it? A couple of years ago when I just started out with photography I was wondering how to do this. Everybody can take a more or less sharp picture, but to take a extremely sharp photograph takes some knowledge. This extreme level is known as tack sharp. If you take a tack sharp photo then you've taken an image with the absolute best sharpness. How do you do this?A couple factors determine if your photographs are going to be tack or not:
Digital photography tip #1: the use of tripods
Some people don't really like tripods. They can be quite cumbersome. Tripods can be annoying because they are heavy and if you are taking pictures outside they can hold you back quite a bit.What they can do, however, is get you to that tack level sharpness. With this level of sharpness there can be absolutely no movement or it will result in a fuzzy image
Digital photography tip #2: The use of timers
Use a timer as much as possible. This will further eliminate any movement that might be caused when you take a picture. Although this will greatly improve the quality of your images, it will slow you down even more.
Digital photography tip #3: Lenses
If you have a good lens then your image will be sharper in most cases. The downside is that good lenses cost a lot of money and if you don't have a lot of cash to spend this point won't help you as much. The Digital single-lens reflex cameras of today usually come with a standard lens (probably an 18mm to 55mm). While these are great to start with they aren't the best when it comes to quality, as it has a lot of moving parts in it and good zoom lenses cost a lot. Don't let this discourage you though. If your names isn't Rockefeller and you don't swim in pools of cash there are other ways to get that absolute clarity.
Digital photography tip #4: Aperture
Two stops down from wide open is when your lens is at it's sharpest. Take the 18mm 55mm lens for example. When you put the aperture at about f/8 then your photograph is going to be sharper then with an aperture of f/3,5.
Digital photography tip #5: Shutter speed
Shorter shutter speeds reduce the chance of getting any motion blur. If there's one thing that messes up tack sharp images, it's motion blur. So what are good speeds? Flowers don't move a lot, so a shutter speed of 1/250 might be able to do the trick. A car or an athlete on the other hand is going to need a shutter speed of 1/2000 or more. The rule of thumb is: The faster your subject is moving the faster your shutter speed needs to be.
Now you have the knowledge to create super sharp images. The next thing you need to do is going out and try these techniques. The main thing that you need to keep in mind is to reduce motion blur.If you want to learn more check out my blog
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