Nikon D3200, beginner's advice and
I've always fancied the photographer lifestyle and wanted to actually try it now that I have time on my hands. I've read loads of websites containing guidelines. However, I've come across an obstacle.
My shooting setting is on Shutter mode. I increased my ISO to 3200. I'm just taking pictures in my room: white background and orange tinted lamp. F25 aperture. Manual lens focus.
When I take the photo, it comes out blurry!
I've always fancied the photographer lifestyle and wanted to actually try it now that I have time on my hands. I've read loads of websites containing guidelines. However, I've come across an obstacle.
My shooting setting is on Shutter mode. I increased my ISO to 3200. I'm just taking pictures in my room: white background and orange tinted lamp. F25 aperture. Manual lens focus.
When I take the photo, it comes out blurry! Please help. You need to take our suggestions of learning the fundamentals of photography more seriously.
If nothing else, you would have discovered that you need to let MORE light through the lens, NOT less.
The lens aperture needs to be set to it widest opening, f/2.8 or wider.
With your lens aperture reduced to f/25 (are you sure it is not f/22) the length of time the shutter must stay open under those low light conditions could be as long as a few seconds, even with the ISO set to 3200
Try this
Use the manual exposure mode.
Open the lens aperture all the way.
Use the cameras lightmeter to determine the correct shutter speed to produce a good exposure. If the shutter speed is lower than 1/250th second, you can expect blurry images due to camera movement during the exposure. You must add more light to your scene. You can do this by replacing the "orange tinted lamp" with a 250 watt incandescent lamp Your shutter speed is too slow. Why on earth would you have your aperture set to f/25? That's the complete opposite of what you want in a dim room. The blurr is caused by camera shake. At f/25 indoors then even at ISO3200 your shutter speed will be VERY long.
Either put the camera on a tripod or open your aperture to the widest it will go (ie the smallest number) f/25 aperture? Holy moly! Set it to f/4 and see what happens. Then search youtube for some videos explaining the magic 3: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Knowing how those 3 affect each other and the resulting image is half of learning photography; composition is the other half. You already have good answers, and you have picked a best answer, so I suppose you will never see this, but I can't help but fret over your statement about "always fancying the photographer lifestyle".
HUH? If you are basing such notions on movie portrayals of "photographers", you better get in the real world.
Decades ago, "a photographer" had some real meaning to it. Now, every clown on Facebook and Craigslist calls themselves a "photographer". Even skilled, real pro photographers now have a straggle with making a living in this field. The reasons are vast and varied, but it is NOT a glamorous career. Do it for a fun hobby, but forget about some kind of "photographer lifestyle" you have seen in movies and on tv. It is no longer reality.
Your shutter speed is too slow. Why on earth would you have your aperture set to f/25? That's the complete opposite of what you want in a dim room.
The blurr is caused by camera shake. At f/25 indoors then even at ISO3200 your shutter speed will be VERY long.
Either put the camera on a tripod or open your aperture to the widest it will go (ie the smallest number)
F/25 aperture? Holy moly! Set it to f/4 and see what happens. Then search youtube for some videos explaining the magic 3: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Knowing how those 3 affect each other and the resulting image is half of learning photography; composition is the other half.
You already have good answers, and you have picked a best answer, so I suppose you will never see this, but I can't help but fret over your statement about "always fancying the photographer lifestyle".
HUH? If you are basing such notions on movie portrayals of "photographers", you better get in the real world.
Decades ago, "a photographer" had some real meaning to it. Now, every clown on Facebook and Craigslist calls themselves a "photographer". Even skilled, real pro photographers now have a straggle with making a living in this field. The reasons are vast and varied, but it is NOT a glamorous career. Do it for a fun hobby, but forget about some kind of "photographer lifestyle" you have seen in movies and on tv. It is no longer reality.