Some Basic Tips On Using Your Camera
It’s true that taking photos is as simple as running out and
grabbing a cheap five dollar camera. But taking good, quality
photos has never been easier. So lets explore some quick ideas
that can help you take photos that you will be happy to share
with friends and family.
Photography as an art has never been more exciting or enjoyable.
Todays photography enthusiast has many styles, topics, and tools
open to them. Plus, the blending of digital with print makes the
craft of taking photos very versatile.
Here are four tips to help.
1. Get a little closer, don’t be shy. One of the biggest
mistakes most beginning photographers make is shooting from so
far away. They leave too much distance between themselves and
their subjects. Instead, get up close and personal. Fill up as
much of the camera frame, with your subject, as you can. You can
always reshape, trim, and resize a good quality shot. But you
can’t continue to blow up a distant subject and hope that it
will come into focus. It just won’t happen.
2. This tip springs directly from #1(above)… focus your shot
on only one subject. Determine what the main subject of the
photo will be, and catch that image. Try and find the one key
subject, person, or event that accurately portrays the feeling
you are trying to capture.
3. In addition to getting one subject, in your photos, you will
want to make the background of the photo as simple as possible.
Busy, distracting backgrounds pull the attention away from the
central theme of your photo. The subject of your photo is
absolutely the most important element, and anything that
detracts from the subject can ruin your shot.
4. Finally, you want to take your subject out of the exact
center of the frame. You do this by using the rule of thirds.
Imagine having a camera lens split into 9 equal sized boxes, 3
across and 3 down (like having a tic-tac-toe game printed right
on your camera lens). Where those “tic-tac-toe” lines cross,
should become the focusing point of your subject, when you are
arranging to take your photo.
Based on this tip, every time you compose a shot, the main
subject of your photo should be located primarily on one of
these “third” lines.
These are just four very basic tips and strategies to help
improve your photos. As you know, photography skills can always
be improved. In fact, most professional photographers exhibit a
life long passion for learning new techniques, photography
angles, and photo inspirations.
About the author:
Yvonne Volante is an author, webmistress and camera junkie. She
has a site at http://www.ylcamera.com which is a great source
for camera information. Please be sure to visit
http://www.ylcamera.com