Nikon D3100 Tips & Tricks

Shooting in low-light situations is always tricky in photography . That is true for any camera including Nikon D3100. Why ? because when there’s not enough light , the camera will adjust its shutter speed slow enough so it can correctly expose the subject. To make sharp photos , we’ll need faster shutter speed so that blur-effect due to camera shakes or movements can be eliminated.

And here’s some tips on how to get faster shutter speed :

• Use low aperture value
  Set your lens aperture to low / smaller value eg: f/2.8 or lower. By decreasing the value , you’ll increase the opening of lens aperture which mean more light will enter the camera so shutter speed can be more fast.
  Your kit lens (18-55mm)’s smallest aperture value is f/3.5  . You can’t adjust aperture value  lower than that. Try using a fast lens like Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S or Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4G . They called ‘fast lens’ because their aperture is able to open wide so that shutter speed can be increased more faster.

  

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Bokeh comes from Japanese language which literally translated as ‘blur’. In photography, bokeh is the quality of out-of-focus areas of an image. It is one of most popular subject in photography. Why ? because by adding bokeh we can make our photos more visually appealing , forcing the viewer’s attention to a particular area of the image.

Take a look at the following image with bokeh ( shoot with Nikon AF-S 18-70mm F3.5-5.6)

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