• Question: How hard is it to take a picture of someone sneezing?

    Asked by squizrocks to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 2 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      If you know roughly when they’re going to sneeze, then the easiest way is to use a camera that can take several pictures in quick succession. When they start to look as if they’re going to sneeze, start the camera going and hope that they don’t sneeze on you!

    • Photo: Philippa Bird

      Philippa Bird answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      You’d also need a very quick shutter speed so they don’t appear blurry.

    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      Easy. Throw pepper in their face and then snap away. They should sneeze a few times, so you will get more than one chance to get it right (assuming the lens doesn’t get covered in, urr, stuff). Like Pip says, you need a fast shutter speed so mobile phone cameras are no good at this.

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