How To Avoid Blurred Photos!Lesson 1
Blurred photos often occur in low light or high speed situations. The best way to avoid photo blur is to use the right lighting and avoid transferring camera shake to your photographs!
And, the best way to avoid camera shake is through manual adjustments, increasing the ISO, and, importantly, squeezing the button smoothly - without jerking the camera.
The Best ISOISO is the type film used on a 35mm or other film camera. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive to light and the "faster" the film. 
However, this is a digital photography tutorial. Unless it has automatic ISO, a Digital camera allows us to choose the ISO (which is the light sensitivity of the digital sensor)right on the camera and change it for each photograph if that is what is needed to obtain the best picture!The best ISO for your photo depends on the lighting available and/ or whether your subject is moving or still. ISO SELECTIONISO 100: Provides the sharpest photo, i.e., the best detail. This is the best ISO setting to use on a bright sunny day or other high light situation.ISO 200: A step down from ISO 100 in sharpness, but the difference will usually not be noticed. ISO 200 is more forgiving of situations where the light varies such as shade and sun. ISO 400: Provides the flexibility needed for cloudy days or shade and shadows, or interior photos. The difference in sharpness will probably not be noticed unless the photo is greatly enlarged. ISO 400 also helps to avoid a blurred photo by stopping some motion. A good example is photographing a fast dance as in the photo above, or a bridal bouquet as it flies through the air. ISO 800: Perfect for a race or other high speed activity. ISO 800 will also allow you to shoot in poor indoor lighting or some outdoor night scenes without a flash. The downside may be a "grainy" photo which will not enlarge well (unless you like the grainy look). ISO 1600:Very fast or very low light. I haven't used it digitally, but I once took a 35mm 1600 ISO film photo of a breaking wave that showed every droplet of water. The sunset above was taken from a moving car at ISO 1600 without resulting in a blurred photo! It's probably not a photo that will enlarge very well, but it will make a stunning 4"x6" to possibly even an 8"x12".
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