[Closed] iPhone photography

You need more light so the shutter is open for less time. Make it more sunny.

Rachel

Pan with the rider - but, as you're using a phone to try and take photos, dont expect too much

iPhone (4 onwards) camera is reasonably good in decent light, but the tiny sensor is always going to struggle in dingy woods.

You could try focussing on the area where the rider is going to be (by tapping on that bit on the screen) before you press the shutter. It will still be blurry though if the light's not good (it's using a slow shutter speed to let more light in).

Edit: wot Rachel said

So borrow a DSLR from work and use the flash is the way forward. All for a new fb profile pic 🙂

Everything is out of focus in that pic. Which is basically down to the camera moving in low light.

As the others have said, ideally you need more light. But, if you pan with the rider (i.e. so they're moving with the frame of the camera, as if you were filming them) you might get lucky and get just them in focus, with the background blurred, creating a sense of motion.

Try "fast camera", its a new app and free. Supposed to be good for such shots...

Phone cameras really struggle with low light/moving subject situations. I regularly use mine at gigs, but if the subject is moving around a lot, it's nigh on impossible to get good photos. Except by luck.

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You don't have as much/enough control of the camera in the way you need. Get front on to the rider, get them in good light and try!! I use my Galaxy on Burst mode for action stuff as it seems to get at least a couple of good ones in the bunch. Potentially turn off any auto as it can grab focus on anything.

I can take better action pics on a 6 year old Cannon Ixus though as I have way more control.

I'll give fast camera a go

I'll also try the panning technique, I had slightly better success with some other shots where I got the background in focus but still a blurry rider, the pic I used was probably a bad example

Thanks all

Edit:Had a look at fast camera, it looks like it gives the iPhone burst mode

I had slightly better success with some other shots where I got the background in focus but still a blurry rider

You need to keep the thing you want sharp in focus, that is the only way it will come out well - unless you get the unexpected blurry one that works...

There's two things here that seem to be getting muddled together. A lack of sharpness can be caused by the subject being out of focus but on the picture in the OP the main issue is motion blur, from the shutter speed not being fast enough to 'freeze' the motion of the rider.

There's not really a solution to that other than getting more light or getting a camera with a bigger sensor/better high ISO performance.

Panning could work but not really with the rider coming towards you like that. Side on it is technically possible.