Shutter speed for kids

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I get consistently inconsistent results from both my 50mm 1.8 and my kit 18-55mm IS when taking photos of my two children.

In order to eliminate some of the main factors, what would be the recommended min shutter speed to try and eliminate softness/blur due to subject movement?.

Generally they are quite stationary when i try and get candid shots and i usually try for (without flash) f2.8-f4.0 with my 50mm and f5.6 with the kit lens as this is where they are sharpest. i also keep the shutter speed above the focal range X 1.6 rule.

Colm
 
Can you post some examples of the problems your having with seeing the photos any of the advise given is purely speculative, I'd be suggestion trying to keep shutter speed to a minimum of 1/500th ideally higher if you want to freeze kiddies in action if they're static all you need is a shutter speed you can hand hold comfortably at, say around 1/100th as a base figure and work from there, but as I say show us the photos to get the best advise ;)

Matt
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I'd also like to know this. I done a shoot of an 18 month old who constantly wouldn't sit still. I can't remember the settings now but I know they were nowhere near that mentioned above. I guess it's just practice? cheers for the tip though, this site is teaching me a lot :)
 
Whenever I give the camera to my missus, I give it to her in shutter mode and set the shutter to 1/250 (I up the ISO if it looks like it will struggle), very rarely do the photos come out blurred, the only issue is sometimes she focuses on the wrong thing.

Start at 1/250 and go from there, if you use longer focal lengths then increase the shutter speed.

The focal distance x 1.6 or shutter speed great than the focal length only really works on slow moving objects and objects further away. Ie a scenic shot at 18mm, the people are quite a way away, so not huge movement.

Get a kid in front of the camera and they are everywhere and you need to keep up.

So try shutter priority and set 1/250 and let the aperture do what it wants, if you are at f/16 then drop the ISO, if you are at your max aperture, or want more depth of field, then increase the ISO.
 
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