Photographing Fish

Quick and unbelievably random question.
I would love to get some pictures of my fish, but some are less then will to stay still long enough to get their picture taken.
I'm not exactly a photography buff, but I can work a camera well enough to point and shoot. And even when I custom focus and everything I can't get a good picture of any of then besides Lorcan the Betta. (He comes to the front of his tank and poses for pictures)
I digress. Does anyone tips or trick for getting decent photos of your fish? Or at least having them not look like shinny blurs?
Thanks!

It helps to have a good enough camera that can take decent pics without the flash on. The flash will always wash everything out and cause glares. Add as much light to the tank as possible when taking pics and hold the camera still and wait for the fish to come into the frame. My camera is a cybershot(I think) 16.2mp and it takes pretty decent pics of the fish.

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I hope someone else can shed more light on the subject but sometimes it's just about having a higher quality camera.

I am using a good quality camera. It is my father's photography camera. But I could increase the light in the tank, might try that and see if it helps since I had the flash off to start.

I take pics with the flash, but always take at a slight angel as to not cause the glare. I also speed up the shutter speed.

My son takes them with his school camera with the flash off on manual focus. He also speeds up the shutter a bit. The problem with manual focus is the fish has to at least sits still long enough to get it focused, or swim into an area that is already in focus.

You really just have to play around with the settings. I am hoping to purchase a DSLR and a couple remote flashes soon. Then I should have no problems taking good pics.

manual focus is the key for me! and 100 shots to get 1 good one.... The pictures ive seen lately that just blow my mind are all slr cameras.... look amazing.

I took these pictures with an old Canon point and shoot camera set to automatic with the flash turned on. I always set it in Macro for close up shooting and either shoot at a slight angle (too much of an angle makes them look distorted) or just crop the flash glare out if it's in the photo somewhere, but isn't obscuring the fish. Doing this at night without a room light reflecting on the glass helps as well.

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I take a lot of blurry pictures too, but every now and then I get one in focus.

Nice pics Betty!

I love bettys pictures... just amazing that she does it with a old camera, not one of the new dslr
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Thanks guys. I mostly use my dslr now, although I don't know anything about it and still just point and shoot with it. But I put those older photos up to show that you don't need an expensive camera or any photography skills to take a decent picture. It just takes practice and patience and some luck.