10 Tips For Taking Better Photos

Posted by Georgy | 8/31/2012

By Mandy Faye


Taking a good photo isn't as hard as you may think. You don't need the most expensive camera or years of experience, you just simply need to know 10 tips.

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 - Use Every Frame Space Available - Do not be afraid to utilize each of the space within your photo. If you need to take photo of an object, it really is ok for it to take up the entire shot with most of the space. This can avoid distractions out of the shot.

Tip 3 - Study Forms and Shapes - This is a vital aspect to photography. Gain an understanding of forms and shapes composition in your photos. Don't see an object, see its shape and its composition and find the best angle to photograph it from. Form and shapes are all around us in our world. Read up as many books on them as possible. It will amaze you once you understand the beauty of forms and shapes composition.

Tip 4 - Get Closer For your Subject - This is one error most photographers make, not having close sufficient to their target. Get up and personal and close the distance gap. Normally, you are able to reshape and resize a good shot but you cannot continue to blowup a distant object without sacrificing the good quality.

Tip 5 - Take Advantage Of Contrasts Among Colors - Some of the best photos have shades of white, gray and black. You'll be able to take excellent shots with just a single color on your topic, however the contrasts between colors within a shot is what makes it an incredible photo.

Tip 6 - Motion Inside your Photographs - Under no circumstances have motion within your photographs if you are photographing a nevertheless object. If there exists some thing moving while you are trying to photograph a stationery object, your photo won't turn out anyplace close to too. Also never place a horizon line within the center of the frame. It should be on the reduce or upper third of the image.

Tip 7 - Shutter Lag Time - Shooting action shots with a digital camera could be tricky due to shutter lags. What this signifies is, once you press the shutter release button to take the photo, it may take as much as a second for the shutter to take a photo, by that time what you were photographing would have moved or changed somehow. This indicates you will need to compensate for shutter lag by predicting what your subject is going to accomplish and taking the photo just ahead of it takes the action you'd like. High priced name brand digital cameras do not have this problem.

Tip 8 - Panning - For anyone who is taking an action shot using slower shutter speed, use panning for special effect. Follow the object by moving (panning) the camera from start to finish. One of those shots will likely turned out to be spectacular. You have great chance of getting a good shot if you take multiple photos.

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 Fantastic Night Time Shots - Night time shots can be spectacular, almost magical if done right. If not they can look horrible. Without adequate lighting, even a good camera can turn out really bad pictures if the photographer doesn't know what he or she is doing.

Have fun photo taking!




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