Reduce motion blur for free.

I look through the photos I took 12 months ago and I am really glad they look kind of bad now. Hopefully I can say that again in a year time from now.

From those photos, the biggest problem that I had is motion blur causes by slower shutter speed. It took me quite a while to find out there are betters ways to get decent result when the lighting is poor....

A few that worth mentioning are

1. Camera can be stabilize on a general guideline of 1/(focal length) seconds. Instead of pumping your ISO, try setting your zoom to the widest and go closer and be surprise with the results.

1/15 sec at 24mm handheld.

2. Place your arm in front of your chest and hand in and take a deep breath before pressing the shutter. This save at least 50% of my low light photos.

3. Stabilise yourself by seating, leaning on something or lying down.

1/8 sec at 24mm handheld seating on a chair

4. Anticipate your subject movements,  even kids and animal will pause in between their actions.

1/50 sec at 38mm. A short pause in between the dance moves :D

5. Put ur camera on steady surface and use the short timer on your camera 

Hope it helps :D