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Let's talk a little bit about image sharpness posted on 5th of may, 2009

Few things are more impressive than a full blown image with spot on focus and perfect optical sharpness. Unfortunately, few things are as hard as accomplishing this on regular basis, especially when you shoot under natural light and you're trying to squeeze your equipment budget even tighter. Nevertheless, there are several things which you can do to improve the sharpness of your images without necessarily spending more money on equipment (the spending-related solutions are at the bottom).

1. Mind the shutter speed. The lower the shutter speed, the higher the chance of getting an out of focus image due to camera shake. Some solutions have been mentioned on the message boards in the past.

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	Thanks for the great tips and information in your article. I find the breathing technique helps stabilise and gets the mind focusing on the job I have used this also, while playing golf. One other point that is probably well below most of you, but worth mentioning, is when depressing the trigger, to use the flat of your finger not the tip, it is easier to control and there is a lot less movement. Hope this will help someone. - posted by Freedomphotos on June 04, 2009
	Very interesting I used to shoot guns and this is the same principal if you control your breathing you can control your aim but by not controlling the pressure on the trigger you can ruin your aim even if your mind wonders so can your aim ... Great article and yes very usefully. - posted by Matt6t6 on May 20, 2009
	The breathing control is indeed almost never mentioned. I learned it in my sniper training in the army (when Belgium still had the military draft). The technique involves a little bit more than holding your breath and it is perfectly transferable to camera shooting. It actually becomes a second nature to do it this way and a sniper will use the procedure instinctively when photographing. 1. Position yourself firmly with all body parts possible (head, elbows) and hold the gear (cam/gun) firmly to your face/shoulders with the maximum contact points. Select only the bony parts since muscle, ligaments, tendons or non-bony parts will involve hearth beat. Foreheads and protruding parts of your cheeks and nose will be bony. If not, push hard till you hit the bone. Snipers need to find the second hard rib of the shoulder under the clavicula (not on it, it might snap from the rebound). 2. Take the first resistance of the release button/trigger just close to the point you will shoot.... More) - posted by Fleyeing on May 19, 2009

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Petar Neychev (Petarneychev)
Sofia, BG

I'm a self-taught freelancer who started by photographing boring stuff on white... so much that I actually learned something from it. I now find myself facing the challenge of photographing people in a fresh and realistic way. I believe that every natural expression is worth photographing. Whether it will turn out great or not is mostly a matter of angle, light and the passion you have for photography.

Since April 2007 I'm a member of Dreamstime's remote image editors team.

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