Last Updated on 10/13/2017 by Chris Gampat
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The lead photo of this blog post is surely not the way to take a photo when using the LCD screen of your camera. Instead, it’s actually the worst way; but lots of people do it when they shoot with their phone or even with a camera that has an LCD screen. Instead, what you should do is find a way to stabilize it by also stabilizing your body.
If you take karate or any other form of martial arts, depending on the art form, they may tell you to never fully extend your arms because they’re an easy point for you to be taken down. Instead, get very close and extend only to your elbow. This way you’re more stable. The same idea applies to photography. The closer the camera is to your body, the more stable it will be, so that you don’t produce photos that have camera shake in them.
I normally try to keep Useful Photography tips very short but check out the image after the jump.
See how the elbows are tucked in here? That’s where they should be: closer to the body. In this case you can flip the LCD screen up and look at it to compose and see what you’re shooting. But otherwise you can bury your elbows into your chest and then just bring the camera up to your face.