We love movers and shakers.
We??™re always on the go. We describe fun friends as having animated personalities; the good
stuff is always up and coming. Slowpokes, like sloths and snails, on the other hand, have a
somewhat less glowing reputation. So, if motion is such a good thing, perhaps we should put a
little in our photographs.
But you already know that. Action photography??”like shooting sporting events and kids,
well, pretty much doing anything??”are some of the most common photographic subjects. So
you know just how tricky it can be to catch a picture of your kid running around the bases of a
softball game. In this chapter, you??™ll see how to capture sports, action, and kid photography.
Action Photography Essentials
Action photography is often considered the most exciting kind of photography, but it??™s also the
most demanding. The problem??”obviously??”is that you??™re taking pictures of things that are
moving. And that means not only do you need a shutter speed fast enough to ???stop the action,???
but you might also have to contend with the slight delay between when you press the shutter
speed and when the picture gets taken??”this is called shutter lag, and it??™s common to many
digital cameras. Let??™s talk lag first.
Avoid the Dreaded Lag
Often, the most common complaint I hear about digital cameras is this: ???There??™s a long pause
between when I press the shutter release and when the picture is taken.
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