{"id":5984,"date":"2015-08-24T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:03:24","slug":"how-do-you-hold-your-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/how-do-you-hold-your-camera","title":{"rendered":"How do you hold your camera?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Many Different Ways to Hold a Camera…<\/h1>\n

How do you hold your camera…. whilst walking in Riga, I saw so many photographers holding their cameras in a weird variety of styles, I thought I’d get a few shots of them.<\/p>\n

The majority seem to use the little screen on the back of the camera, so hold the camera about 6-12 inches in front of their face.<\/p>\n

\"how<\/a><\/p>\n

Many cameras have no other option – my phone certainly doesn’t. But lots still have a “viewfinder”, which I’d recommend using; but why?<\/p>\n

Why use the viewfinder?<\/h1>\n

I don’t really like the “back of the screen approach” for 2 reasons:-<\/p>\n

1 – Stability<\/h2>\n

You are more likely to get camera shake with a camera held out at arms length, than pressed against your forehead. If you use your arms and head as a “triangle” support, you get more rigidity – triangles are strong, look at pylons, or sky scrapers, they are full of them.<\/p>\n

This lady\u00a0shows how I do it:-<\/p>\n