I messed up too. I discovered some time ago while shooting Masses that with all the standing still that takes place during various parts of the Mass, it is good for using a cable and letting the auto-setting do it’s job. By using a cable to snap the picture, I do not touch the camera which can cause a blur (when the camera moves ever so slightly from pressing down).
However, I also discovered that when there is movement or a procession, it requires the flash, but I have promised my pastor that I will not use it during the Mass because it draws attention away. Since I am not a professional photographer, I have not figured out what manual settings to force upon my digital camera to cause the shutter to open and shut faster. So, I trick it by using black tape over the flash. Flash only travels so many feet anyway, but the shutter opens and closes quickly.
Well, I began using this right after the readings going into consecration, rather than the usual method of using the auto setting and no flash. Arghhh - the result was that it looked good on the camera screen, but when I got it home on computer, it is blurred up close. The first picture you see came from a much larger picture. I just cropped down to what you see. I cannot do this on the next picture, which is the elevation of the Body of Christ or the Chalice - not sure which. It is very grainy. I’m going to retake pictures on January 1 and again on the 8th, but it won’t be midnight Mass.
Better luck next year. This time, I wrote what I learned on an index card to go into my camera bag.
Maybe I’ll post more in the coming days as I edit them. I thought this picture of our statue of the pieta came out well:
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