Thursday, January 02, 2014

I wonder why my agony uncle column had no takers.

Dear Hari, 
I hope you can help me here. I am 32 and my husband is 34. We have been married for 12 years. He was recently laid off from work and I work double shifts to make the ends meet. Yesterday I got a lucky break and came home early only to find my husband in the bedroom with a neighborhood lady, making passionate love to her. I clicked a few pictures using my cellphone (attached) as evidence. 
When I confronted him, he said he was depressed and that was the reason he strayed. He promised that he would be faithful and have not contacts with that lady. What should I do? Can you please help?
Sincerely
Ms  G.K., Mumbai
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Dear Ms. G.K.
It was shocking to see the pictures you had emailed. I cannot understand why would you use a cell phone in such a low light condition especially with moving subjects. You really need to invest in at least a starter level DSLR. 
There are three things that you should keep in mind - Aperture, time and ISO settings. Whether it is a film camera or digital camera, there is a limit on how high the ISO settings can go. The higher the ISO, more the noise would be. I would recommend 1600 ISO. 
The other investment I would make is in a tripod. If you have the luxury of a tripod, you can set up a reasonable aperture and a longer exposure time. But a longer exposure would not work with moving objects such as yours. Hence you would need to make the aperture as wide as possible. Remember, the smaller the f/stop number, the wider the aperture. 
The one other variable is light. If you can increase the amount of light it would be great. See if you can equip your bedroom with motion sensor linked lights.
You can also experiment with lens that go super fast in auto focussing. All the modern lenses are also equipped with image stabilizer, which go a long way in helping shoot in the given circumstance. Do let me know if you need any further clarifications.
Good luck with your camera...
Regards
Hari

PS: The composition in your photgraphs are good. You have an artistic eye.

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