Another attempt at action shots!

[Giselle]

Yep, thanks! It makes perfect sense. The only thing is, some of your suggestions I'd have to do in complete Manual mode, but I'm not completely up for that yet (especially not in fast action shots ). I do plan to play with the Manual mode with still objects, but we'll see how that turns out. I do have ISO 1600 but I was worried that such a high ISO would make it grainy. (Would it??)

I worry a lot!

So the gist of it is: bump up the shutter speed and allow more light. Got it

[Catlady711]

Yep, thanks! It makes perfect sense. The only thing is, some of your suggestions I'd have to do in complete Manual mode, but I'm not completely up for that yet (especially not in fast action shots ). I do plan to play with the Manual mode with still objects, but we'll see how that turns out. I do have ISO 1600 but I was worried that such a high ISO would make it grainy. (Would it??)

I worry a lot!

So the gist of it is: bump up the shutter speed and allow more light. Got it

Honestly your pix are very clear and sharp for 800 ISO (acutally I had originally guessed 200 ISO) so I wouldn't think that 1600 should make a huge difference.

If you are running in shutter priority mode just set the shutter for 1/500 and see what kind of exposures you get. Once you get some exposures you like you can always put those same settings in manual then 'tweak' them as you see fit. I do that sometimes using the other modes to get basic exposures then going to manual with those settings to 'tweak'.

Higher shutter speeds will require more light so yup that's the basics.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Awesome shots!! I think they're great! I can't believe how graceful and elegant Ivy is. She has learned such grace and form from her gorgeous sister Giselle possibly? Both pups are perfect examples of healthy, beautiful dogs.