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7 Tips for Shooting Great Digital Photos

 
Author: Gary Hendricks
< P > D o y o u h a v e t r o u b l e s h o o t i n g g o o d d i g i t a l p h o t o s ? P e r h a p s y o u ' v e b e e n t a k i n g d i g i t a l p h o t o s f o r s o m e t i m e , b u t n e v e r r e a l l y g o t t h e b e a u t i f u l s h o t s y o u w a n t e d . M a y b e y o u s o m e h o w m e s s e d u p t h e p h o t o s y o u t o o k o f i m p o r t a n t e v e n t s , l i k e y o u r d a u g h t e r ' s b i r t h d a y o r y o u r t r i p t o P a r i s . < / P > < P > H o w d o y o u b e g i n t o t a k e g o o d p h o t o s ? W e l l , t h e f i r s t t h i n g t o r e m e m b e r i s t h i s : I t ' s t h e p h o t o g r a p h e r t h a t t a k e s g r e a t p h o t o s , n o t t h e c a m e r a . T h i n k a b o u t t h a t f o r a m i n u t e . I t ' s t r u e i s n ' t i t ? I ' v e s e e n s o m e p e o p l e t a k e g r e a t p h o t o s w i t h a s i m p l e p o i n t - a n d - s h o o t c a m e r a , w h i l e s o m e t a k e l o u s y s h o t s w i t h t h e m o s t e x p e n s i v e S L R . F r e t n o t ! R e a d t h e s e t i p s o n s h o o t i n g d i g i t a l p h o t o s a n d a p p l y t h e m t h e n e x t t i m e y o u h a v e a c h a n c e . B e f o r e l o n g , y o u ' l l b e s h o o t i n g p h o t o s l i k e a p r o ! < / P > < P > < B > 1 . K n o w Y o u r C a m e r a < / B > D o e s t h i s s o u n d f a m i l i a r ? Y o u b u y t h e l a t e s t d i g i t a l c a m e r a o u t t h e r e , c o m e h o m e , r i p o f f t h e b o x , t h e n p r o c e e d t o f i d d l e w i t h t h e d e v i c e . Y o u b r i e f l y f l i c k t h r o u g h t h e h u n d r e d p a g e c a m e r a m a n u a l a n d t h e n n e v e r l o o k a t i t a g a i n . N o t a g o o d i d e a ! I f y o u b u y a d i g i t a l c a m e r a , y o u o w e i t t o y o u r s e l f t o u n d e r s t a n d i t s i n s a n d o u t s . L e a r n h o w t o c o n t r o l e x p o s u r e , h o w t o u s e d i f f e r e n t c a m e r a m o d e s a n d h o w t o u s e t h e f l a s h . T h e k n o w l e d g e y o u g a i n a b o u t t h e c a m e r a w i l l b e i n v a l u a b l e w h e n y o u ' r e o u t i n t h e f i e l d t a k i n g t h o s e s p e c i a l p h o t o s . < / P > < P > < B > 2 . L e a r n t o C o n t r o l t h e F l a s h < / B > < B R > O n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t t h i n g s y o u n e e d t o k n o w a b o u t d i g i t a l p h o t o g r a p h y i s t o c o n t r o l t h e f l a s h . P e r s o n a l l y , I h a t e t o r e l y o n t h e a u t o m a t i c f l a s h t h a t c o m e s w i t h t h e d i g i t a l c a m e r a . D e p e n d i n g o n t h e s i t u a t i o n , y o u n e e d t o s w i t c h o f f o r s w i t c h o n t h e f l a s h . < / P > < P > F o r e x a m p l e , w h e n t a k i n g o u t d o o r p h o t o s , i t i s s o m e t i m e s g o o d t o t u r n o n t h e f l a s h t o i l l u m i n a t e t h e s u b j e c t , e s p e c i a l l y i f h e o r s h e i s i n t h e s h a d e . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , y o u c a n a l s o c h o o s e t o t u r n o f f t h e f l a s h w h e n t a k i n g i n d o o r s h o t s . S o m e t i m e s , u s i n g t h e f l a s h i n d o o r s w i l l r e s u l t i n u n n a t u r a l s k i n c o l o r a n d h a r s h g l a r e i n y o u r p h o t o s . < / P > < P > < B > 3 . P l a y w i t h t h e M a c r o M o d e < / B > < B R > A l m o s t a l l d i g i t a l c a m e r a t h e s e d a y s h a v e a m a c r o m o d e . T h i s s e t t i n g i s i d e a l f o r t a k i n g c l o s e u p s h o t s o f o b j e c t s l i k e f l o w e r s o r i n s e c t s . O n m y C a n o n P o w e r S h o t S 5 0 0 , i t ' s r e p r e s e n t e d b y a f l o w e r s y m b o l . W h a t y o u d o i s t o p i c k a s u b j e c t , t u r n o n m a c r o m o d e , t h e n g e t a s c l o s e t o i t a s y o u r c a m e r a w i l l a l l o w . M a k e s u r e y o u a l l o w t h e c a m e r a t o f o c u s p r o p e r l y b e f o r e d e p r e s s i n g t h e s h u t t e r b u t t o n f u l l y . < / P > < P > < B > 4 . H o l d t h e C a m e r a L e v e l < / B > < B R > A b a s i c r u l e o f p h o t o g r a p h y i s t o h o l d t h e c a m e r a l e v e l . S i n c e m o s t d i g i t a l c a m e r a s c o m e w i t h a L C D , y o u c a n u s e i t t o p r o p e r l y f r a m e y o u r s h o t s . N e x t t i m e y o u ' r e t a k i n g a s h o t , t r y t o l o o k f o r t h e h o r i z o n t a l l i n e s a n d u s e t h e m a s g u i d e s . A g o o d e x a m p l e i s t o m a k e u s e o f t h e h o r i z o n w h e n y o u ' r e t a k i n g a p h o t o o f a s u n s e t . < / P > < P > < B > 5 . U s e T h e T r i p o d < / B > < B R > I r e c o m m e n d t h i s t i p t o a l l b u d d i n g p h o t o g r a p h e r s - c a m e r a t r i p o d s a r e a n e s s e n t i a l t o o l i n y o u r p h o t o g r a p h y a r s e n a l . W h e n w i l l y o u n e e d a t r i p o d ? W e l l , i t ' s u s e f u l i f y o u ' r e t a k i n g s h o t s u n d e r l o w - l i g h t c o n d i t i o n s o r t r y i n g t o c a p t u r e f a s t m o v i n g o b j e c t s . I l i k e t o u s e a t r i p o d w h e n t a k i n g n i g h t s h o t s c i t y s t r e e t s , f o r e x a m p l e . A l w a y s t r y t o l o o k f o r a t r i p o d t h a t ' s c o n v e n i e n t t o c a r r y a r o u n d . F o r p e r s o n a l u s e , y o u d o n ' t n e e d a h u g e o n e - j u s t a s i m p l e c o m p a c t o n e t h a t ' s e a s y t o p a c k . < / P > < P > < B > 6 . P l a y w i t h t h e I S O S e t t i n g < / B > < B R > I f i n d t h e I S O s e t t i n g i n d i g i t a l c a m e r a s v e r y u s e f u l . T h e I S O s e t t i n g o f a e s s e n t i a l l y c a m e r a c o n t r o l s i t ' s s e n s i t i v i t y t o l i g h t . I f y o u ' r e t a k i n g a p h o t o o f a s t i l l o b j e c t , l i k e a f l o w e r , t h e n a l w a y s u s e a l o w I S O s e t t i n g . I t a l l o w s f o r a l o n g e r s h u t t e r s p e e d a n d p r o d u c e s a c l e a n e r i m a g e . I f y o u ' r e s h o o t i n g a m o v i n g o b j e c t , l i k e a b a b y p l a y i n g w i t h a t o y , t h e n a h i g h e r I S O s e t t i n g o f s a y 4 0 0 w o u l d b e b e t t e r . D o t a k e n o t e , h o w e v e r , t h a t a h i g h e r I S O s e t t i n g g i v e s a f a s t e r s h u t t e r s p e e d a n d r e q u i r e s l e s s l i g h t . T h i s w i l l p r o d u c e n o i s e r p h o t o s . < / P > < P > < B > 7 . H a v e E n o u g h M e m o r y C a p a c i t y < / B > < B R > J u s t l i k e y o u m u s t h a v e e n o u g h r o l l s o f f i l m w h e n u s i n g t r a d i t i o n a l c a m e r a s , m a k e s u r e y o u a l w a y s h a v e e n o u g h m e m o r y c a p a c i t y i n y o u r d i g i t a l c a m e r a . I t ' s t e r r i b l e t o b e o n a h o l i d a y t a k i n g g r e a t p h o t o s a n d s u d d e n l y r e a l i z i n g y o u ' v e n o m e m o r y s p a c e l e f t . H e r e a r e s o m e g e n e r a l g u i d e l i n e s f o r d i g i t a l c a m e r a s t o r a g e . < / P > < P > < U L > < L I > 2 m e g a p i x e l c a m e r a s - g e t a t l e a s t a 6 4 M B c a r d < L I > 3 m e g a p i x e l c a m e r a - g e t a t l e a s t a 1 2 8 M B c a r d < L I > 4 m e g a p i x e l c a m e r a - g e t a t l e a s t a 2 5 6 M B c a r d < L I > 5 m e g a p i x e l c a m e r a a n d a b o v e - g e t a t l e a s t a 5 1 2 M B o r 1 G B c a r d < / L I > < / U L > < P > < / P > < P > < B > C o n c l u s i o n < / B > < B R > W h e w . A p r e t t y l o n g a r t i c l e . I h o p e I ' v e m a n a g e d t o g i v e y o u s o m e g o o d t i p s o n s h o o t i n g g r e a t d i g i t a l p h o t o s . A l w a y s r e m e m b e r w h a t I s a i d - w h i l e t h e l a t e s t a n d g r e a t e s t d i g i t a l c a m e r a s h a v e a m a z i n g f e a t u r e s , y o u s t i l l n e e d a s k i l l e d p h o t o g r a p h e r t o t a k e n i c e p i c t u r e s . A p p l y t h e a b o v e t i p s t o y o u r e v e r y d a y s h o o t i n g a n d l e a r n t o b e a b e t t e r p h o t o g r a p h e r . < / P >
Author Bio:
Gary Hendricks is an expert in this field. Gary has written several articles in the past on this topic.
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