Tips for better photos

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Keep Your Camera Ready

Get Close

Keep People Busy

Use A Simple Background

Place The Subject Off-Center

Include Foreground In ScenicsClick on a topic

Look For Good Lighting

Hold Your Camera Steady

Use Your Flash

Vary Your Angle

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Keep Your Camera ReadyHow many once-in-a-lifetime pictureshave you missed because you didn’t have your camera with you? It’s easy to avoidthat frustration by keeping a camerahandy.

Spontaneous moments makepriceless pictures. To capturethem you need a camera withyou. If your regular camera istoo large, consider a low-costpocket-sized camera as a standby.

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Get Close

As a general rule, the closer you get to the subject, the better your pictures will be. Getting close eliminates distracting, unnecessary backgrounds and the showsthe subject clearly.

Think about showing just enough of the scene to make the picture clearand interesting. Be sure to check your camera manual to learn the closest distance at which distance your camera will take sharp pictures.

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Keep People Busy

When photographing people, keep thembusy! Your pictures will have a feelingof lively spontaneity.

Avoid stiff, static poses, promptyour subjects to be active. Theirexpressions will be more relaxedand natural.

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Use A Simple Background

A simple background focuses attentionon the subject and makes clear, strongpictures. Take control and move yoursubject or your camera to find asimple, uncluttered background.

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Place The Subject Off-Center

There is nothing wrong withplacing the subject in the centerof your viewfinder. However,placing the subject off-centercan make the composition moredynamic and interesting to theeye.

Try using the “Rule of Thirds.”

The Rule Of Thirds

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Include Foreground In Scenics

When taking scenic pictures,try including objects in theforeground. Elements in theforeground add a sense ofdistance, depth, and dimension.

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Look For Good Lighting

Good lighting can make your picturesmore interesting, colorful, dimen-sional, and flattering to the subject.Strong sunlight is only one of manytypes of good lighting.

Many people are surprised tolearn that cloudy, overcastdays provide the best lightingfor pictures of people. Brightsun makes people squint, and itthrows harsh shadows. Onovercast days, the light is softand flattering to faces. (sunset isactually best)

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Hold Your Camera Steady

Sometimes good pictures are missedby overlooking the basics. Holding thecamera steady is vital for sharp, clearpictures. When you push the shutterbutton, press it gently rather thanjabbing it. Even slight camera move-ment can rob your pictures of sharp-ness. Use a brace to steady your armor use tripod, if available.

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Use Your Flash

You can improve your pictures by using yourflash. It provides extra light when you needit, especially indoors, and it freezes actionfor sharp pictures.

Flash can improve pictures outdoors. Using “Fill-Flash” outdoors will soften shadows and brighten colors.

Vary Your AngleGood pictures usually depend on selecting the proper point of view. You may only need to move your camera a few inches of a few feet to change the composition decidedly.

Using a low angle to photograph activepeople further animates them to reinforce the sense of movement.

By choosing an unusualviewpoint, the photo-graher made a strikingimage of a commonlyphotographed landmark.

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Vary Your Angle

The photographer pointed thecamera down from a high vantagepoint to capture this unusualdesign of cars and pavement.

Where you place thehorizon can alter themood of a photo.

Also notice the thatthe center line leadsyou into the photo.

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“Rule of ThirdsTo understand the rule of thirds, imagine two horizontal lines cutting the picture into thirds. Then imagine two vertical lines cutting the same picture into thirds vertically. The intersections of these imaginary lines suggest four possible options for placing the center of interest for a pleasing composition.

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