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Author: Al Sanez
When starting out in photography, it can be very difficult. This article will prove that wrong. Most beginning photography tips are not that great. I’ll be honest, lots of advice out there is either too complex or what everyone else already knows.
Here are some tips that are really easy to follow.
1. Avoid the Center!
2. Avoid the center!
3. Avoid the center!
Yes, the tip is to not take pictures in the middle of the frame. Not doing so will force you to find different places to put your subject. Placing your subject to the left or the right will make your photos much more interesting and different.
Another really easy tip to use is:
1. Vertical Orientatil
Orientation in photography is usually not thought of for beginners. Most people take photos holding the camera the way it should be held. This means that most photos are horizontally oriented. Orienting your photo so its vertical and “tall” gives you a totally different way of looking at things.
There is one very common thing that both of these tips are using.
-Space!
Space is the biggest “key” to photography composition. How you use your space in your photos will make your photos either “suck” or “genius”. Space is everything that is in your photo. However, not all space is equal. Some space is more important and some isn’t. Be sure to focus on the important space and focus less on unimportant areas of your photo.
Wrapping this article up, be sure that you follow these tips. Most advanced photographers don’t even have to think about the stuff I just mentioned. It’s second nature to them and they’ve taken so many pictures it’s automatic.
Author: TJ Tierney
Red eye is a major problem for amateur photographers and occurs when a built-in-flash unit is positioned too close to the camera. This is down to poor design of cheap cameras, but can also happen with the built-in flash units in most SLR cameras.
Red eye is caused by light reflecting back off the retina at the back of the eye.
The chances of red eye happening and destroying an image are high if you are new to photography. One trick that usually works is to ask the subject to look at a bright light seconds before you take your image. The best way to avoid it is by placing your flash off camera and at a 45 degree angle to the subject.
One of the handiest tricks for avoiding red eye is to use the double flash technique. When you are ready to take your shot pre-program your camera to give a double flash. The first flash will make the eyes of whoever you are photographing react by narrowing their pupil size. The second flash is for the images that you are taking. Not all cameras have the pre-program for a double flash facility; but a flash on an old camera will do the same if you time it correctly.
Another technique is to angle the camera so that you are not shooting head-on portraits. This should also help to avoid any unwanted glare from the image. Some photographers use tracing paper to diffuse the light. The tracing paper is placed over the flash window. It is a method that can work, but it would be my least favourite.
While all the above may work well, the best way to avoid red eye in photography is by using a flash off camera or by bouncing the light of a surface that will direct the light back onto the subject.
Camera designers have gone to great efforts to minimize the effect of red eye, and there are many software programs that claim to remove it digitally. For those who are into digital photography and have access to Adobe Photoshop the red eye can be removed in two minutes.
To remove red eye in Photoshop follow these instructions.
1. Select the Red Eye brush tool from the toolbox.
2. Zoom in on the eyes.
3. You may need to click on the Default Colour button and reset the colours. Once done make sure that the Sampling tab is set to First Click.
4. Resize the brush tool to suit the image.
5. Place the brush pointer over the red eye and click.
This method works by changing the colours of pixels in the area affected. If it does not work completely the first time restart the process and set the Tolerance tab to a higher percentage. When the tolerance tab is set correctly all the red eye should be removed.
Author: Shen Gerald
This article is about earning a side income via the camera and photography.
You are an avid photographer. You have bought yourself a nice digital compact camera or a digital SLR ( Single Lens Reflex). The camera has brought you hours of joys and pleasure as you create photographic works of art with it. As your hobby grows, you also bought many add-on accessories to improve the capabilities of your camera. You like the hobby. But it is also getting pretty expensive too.
You begin to ask yourself this question. Can I make money using my camera and my photographic skill? Can I recover the cost of maintaining this expensive hobby? The answer is a definite YES!
There are many ways to make money using the camera. I will list two of the more popular methods below:
1. Take up freelance photography projects. There are many types of freelance photography works that one can undertake. Some of the more popular ones are wedding shots and product photography. For product photography, you will need a small studio setup.
2. Selling of stock photographs. Stock photographs are alway in high demand. There are used in so many areas. For example, many magazines and websites use stock photographs for their visuals. Therefore, this area is always in constant need for new and fresh photos. There are many places on the internet that transact stock photographs. For each image sold, the photographer earns a commission.
Well, these are 2 general ways of earning money from the hobby of photography. I hope the article is useful. Thank you for reading.
Author: Kevin Michaels
Digital photography is a great hobby to get involved with. It can be a lot of fun and it allows you to unleash your creativity. One of the benefits of using a digital camera is the ability to shoot as many pictures as you want and delete those that you are not satisfied with. In order to improve your picture taking, learn to take better digital photos by understanding what makes a really decent photograph beginning with the basics of photography. By following these digital photography tips to take better digital photos, you will be able to create and capture exciting and beautiful scenes and portraits like a skilled photographer.
Identify your subject
Looking through your camera’s viewing window, do you know what you’re shooting at? What do you want to take a picture of? What is it that captivates your interest? Identify the beauty and the excitement that you see, and get a sense of the essence of your subject. Is it awe inspiring, peaceful and serene, or bursting with action and life? Identify your subject and capture its essence.
Focus
Your digital camera’s auto focus is sufficient for most picture taking conditions, but digital cameras have a slower reaction time to get in focus. To compensate for this, you should press down on the shutter button only half way until you here a beep and do not release the button yet. Your camera will set the shutter speed and aperture and your subject is in focus. Now you are ready to press the shutter button all the way down.
Rule of thirds
When composing or lining up your shot, you may find that using your camera’s framing guideline makes things a little easier. A framing guideline looks like a tic tac toe board. Two vertical lines and two horizontal lines divide the viewing frame into equal parts. Putting an object or line in the exact center should be avoided. Try putting those objects on the intersections of the lines of your framing guide. This allows the viewer’s eyes to travel towards the subject or the highlight part of the photo that you want to emphasize.
Framing
Take advantage of using natural formations that can frame your subject. Just like those postcards or calendar pictures of tropical beaches and coastlines that make use of palm trees with overhanging branches that create a natural frame around the main subject. Wedding photographers make use of arches and doorways to naturally frame the wedding couple. Framing can serve two purposes; it draws the viewer’s eyes to the main part of the photo, and it provides a sense of distance as in landscape photos.
Lines and shapes
Horizontal lines in a photo create a calming effect, vertical lines create a sense of strength, diagonal lines create movement, and S-shaped lines like a winding road, can create a dynamic effect that leads the eyes into and through the photo. Using lines and shapes with the rule of thirds can really create a well balanced and composed photo.
These are just a few of the digital photography tips that you can use to take better digital photos. Choose your subject, line up and focus your shot, remember the rule of thirds, and try framing your subject. You will notice that you are improving and taking better pictures the more you learn what makes a great photo.