Tripod

Okay, so I've got another short story for those of you that might stumble upon this blog.
You're definitely not in the wilderness this time, you're in the city for a while still trying to perfect your photography and hopefully get some sweet shots.
So there you are on the street, watching all the cars pass at night, mezmorized by the lights. You want to capture the trail that they leave behind them with a longer exposure (let's say 30 seconds) but every time you've tried you can't hold the camera long enough without getting a blurry picture, which can be cool, but that aint what you want. Once again you type in the address of this blog hoping that this chick will having something to solve your problems. Once again, she does. :)
You need a tripod to keep your camera still while you have a long exposure to capture the light trails. This tactic can be useful for not only long exposures, but with family pictures and such. Also, I've been experimenting with starry night pictures and taking pictures of the moon with my new zoom lens (70-300mm). I find that it helped me so much because there was no way that I could hold my camera for so long without getting a blurry picture. Here's my best shot so far (I know it still isn't even all that great, but I'm working on getting a better one).
If you find that your pictures are still too blurry, it's probably because you're clicking the shutter button with your finger and moving the camera the slightest amount in the process. SO, to solve that problem, you might want to look into getting Remote Shutter Release Cable or Wireless Remote Shutter Release. They come in either a remote with a cable or wireless remote and can be very useful if you don't want to move your camera while pressing down the shutter button. With this you can hit a button that will open and close you shutter with you moving or touching your camera at all, which is awesome!


I realized that I should probably tell whoever reads this the prices of everything, so I will go back and do that. I've gotten everything for my camera at Henry's so I will list their prices.
For the tripod: I have Henry's HTV85 video tripod which is $130, but I've seen others that go up to $240 or less that are $80, but you'd have to go into a store and get one for your height and for the durability that you want.
For the Remote or Wireless Remote Shutter Release: I've seen anywhere from $90-150, but Kijiji will most definitely have stuff for cheaper.


Hope this helped, au revoire!