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OKay, so I've mounted the camera on a tripod because this is a portrait and I want it to
be a vertical dimension. I've rotated it 90 degrees. Now, what if you don't have a tripod?
There's a lot of other ways that you can stabilize a camera. You can just simply, press it up
against something stable, like a wall. Or set it on a table, or set it on the back of
a chair. Anything that will help stabilize it and keep it from moving around. Because
when you press the shutter, you're actually creating motion, and if you're using a 35
millimeter type camera, when that shutter moves up, it creates motion as well. Physical,
mechanical motion of the shutter moving out of the way and then coming back down creates
a shake. So sharpness is almost impossible to get without some kind of stabilization.
So, you want to set it on a tripod, lean it up against something, brace it against a wall
or a chair, or whatever happens to be handy, and that will get you sharper pictures and
more effective results.