As digital cameras get smaller and smaller, it gets also gets harder and harder to get a stable grip on it while taking pictures. The image comes out blurred because of shaky hands, or because your camera's so tiny. It becomes especially hard when you try to take pictures of you and your friends when you're all laughing and there's no surface to put it on so it can't be put on timer mode. Here, we suggest two very simple ways through which you can capture that perfect Kodak moment minus the blurs:

1) Hold your compact camera in a stable way. How? 

DON'T

If you hold the camera this way, one of your fingers will tend to slip off the camera and into the front, thus covering a part of the lens. The dark spot on the lower left corner is caused by the finger covering a part of the lens)

DO:

Instead of using only the tips of your thumb and index finger to hold the camera in place, bend also your middle fingers in both sides of the camera so that it becomes stable on all four sides.


2) Don't breathe while you're taking the shot. I'm not kidding. Notice how your arms and shoulders rise as you breathe in? THAT is why the captured image will tend to come out blurred if you take a breath at the exact moment that you press the shutter. Also, do not 'tap' the shutter. Instead, press it gently so that as your finger exerts downward force on the camera, its angle is not altered.

These are VERY simple tips on taking pictures, in fact, you don't even need us to tell you about this, but the sad reality is that a lot of people still forget them when capturing images. Just remember not to take too long when pressing the shutter (remember you're not supposed to breathe) lest you run out of air and die.