Rabu, 24 Oktober 2012

Ten Sound Strategies For Taking Great Pictures

By Mandy Faye


Taking a great picture is not as tough as you may believe. You do not need an expensive camera or years of expertise, you just basically should know ten ideas.

Tip 1 - Learn Your Manual - This should be a must for improving your photography expertise. Get to know your camera. In case your camera has a specific function, read the manual and stick to their guidelines on the best way to use it appropriately.

Tip 2 - Utilize Frame Space - Don't be afraid to maximize the use of space inside your photo. If you'd like to take the photo of an object, it's ok for it to take up the whole shot with no or incredibly small background showing. This is done to keep distractions out of the shot.

Tip 3 - Study Forms and Shapes - This can be a very important aspect to photography. It is also fundamental for learning composition. Obtain a thorough understanding of forms and shapes inside your pictures. Do not see an object, see its shape and its composition and discover the very best angle to photograph it from. Type and shapes are all around us in our planet. Study up as quite a few books on them as possible. It's going to amaze you once you realize the beauty of forms and shapes composition.

Tip 4 - Get Closer To your Subject - This is a fundamental mistake most photographers make, taking picture too far away from their subject. Please do get close and personal. Close the distance gap. You'll be able to crop an excellent shot but you cannot magnify a distant object without trading off the quality of the picture.

Tip 5 - Learn To Use Contrasts Among Colors - Some of the best photos have shades of white, gray and black. You can take great shots with just one color on your subject, but the contrasts between colors in a shot is what makes it a great photo.

Tip 6 - Motion In Your Photos - Never have motion in your photos if you are photographing a still object. If there is something moving while you are trying to photograph a stationery object, your photo won't turn out anywhere near as well. Also never put a horizon line in the center of your frame. It should be on the lower or upper third of the picture.

Tip 7 - Shutter Lag - Shooting action shots with digital camera's can be tricky due to shutter lags. What this means is, when you press the button to take the photo, it can take up to a second for the shutter to take a photo, by that time what you were photographing would have moved or changed somehow. This means you have to compensate for shutter lag by predicting what your subject is going to do and taking the photo just before it takes the action you want. More expensive digital cameras don't have this problem.

Tip 8 - Panning - If you are taking an action shot and your shutter speed is slow, pan with the object. Follow through with the object, from start to finish and one of those shots will be a winner. You have more chance of getting a good shot if you take more then one photo.

Tip 9 - Continuous Shots - To pan as described in tip # eight above you will need a camera that has the function of taking continuous shots and doesn't need to stop and wait after every shot.

Tip 10 - How To Take Spectacular Night Time Pictures - Night time pictures can be spectacular, almost magical if done correctly. If not they can look horrible. Without enough lighting, even a good camera can turn out really bad pictures if the photographer is not in tuned with light environment he or she is in.

Have fun picture taking!




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