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Basic Digital Camera Shooting Techniques I

Simple composition tips guaranteed to make your shots look better

by Robin Nichols

Keep the composition simple!

Start by shooting on the level. With experience, you can learn to shoot at an angle to add

dramatic impact to the shot.

Always keep your eye on whats happening at the front and the back of the frame and NOT

just on the immediate subject. If the background is 'messy' (like my office), move the subject against a plainer-looking

background. If this is not possible, use the zoom lens to frame distractions out of the shot.

If zoomed in, you might have to step back to keep the subject in the frame

Avoid telephone poles, wires, cables, litter and street rubbish. Use the zoom lens or physically move yourself to frame these

ugly distractions out of shot. Avoid taking pictures in bright sunshine. Always move your subject into the shade where theyll

be relaxed. So will you!

Make an effort to pose your subject, otherwise youll end up with the typical 'school photo' result; staring straight into the len

and grinning like a prison inmate!

Candids, those shots we all love to take without actually talking or looking properly at the subject, almost always never work

Clutter!

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Heres a tip: Always, always shoot with an uncluttered background so that you look at the subject, and not at the telephone

pole or McDonalds sign thats sticking out of the top of their heads!

Most pictures will come out fine with the camera set to 'P' or Program Mode rather thanthe Auto everything mode.

For portraits, use the Portrait Mode (this helps make the background go a bit out of

focus) or set the camera to Aperture Priority mode (called A or Av) and manually choose a setting of about f4 or f5.6. This

keeps things sharp on the subject, but reasonably fuzzy everywhere else.

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