10 Tips In Better
Photography
By Michael
Colucci
Taking a good photo isn’t as hard as you may think. You don’t
need the most expensive camera or years of experience, just
10 simple tips.
Enjoy!
Tip 1 - Use All Your Available Space
Don't be afraid to use all the space in your photo. If you
want to take a picture of something, it's ok for it to take
up the whole shot with no or very little background showing.
Keep distractions out of your shot
Tip 2 - Study Forms
This is a vital aspect to photography. Understanding forms
in your photos. Don't see an object, she its shape and its
form and find the best angle to photograph it from. Form is
all around us and I highly suggest you read as many books
on it as possible.
Tip 3 - 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.
Tip 4 - Learn To Use Contrasts Between 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 you
a great photographer.
Tip 5 - Get Closer To Your Subject
This is one of the biggest mistakes most photographers make,
not getting close enough to their subject. Get up and personal
and close the distance gap. You can always reshape and resize
a good shot but you can't continue to blowup a distant object.
Tip 6 - 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 7 - Pan
If you are taking an action shot and your shutter speed is
slow, pan with the object. Follow through with the subject,
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 8 - Continuous Shots
To pan like I suggested above you will need a camera that
does continuous shots and doesn’t need to stop and process
after every shot.
Tip 9 - How To Take Fantastic Night Time Shots
Night time shots can be spectacular, almost magical.... if
done right! If not they can look horrible. Really horrible.
Without adequate lighting, even good camera's can turn out
crappy photos if the photographer doesn't know what he or
she is doing.
Tip 10 - Study Your Manual
If your digital camera has a special night time mode, read
the manual and follow their instructions on how to use it
properly.
Michael Colucci is a technical writer for Photography
Tips - A free site that offers the latest tips on photography.
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