Friday, January 13, 2012

Photography Made Easy: Learn To Take Great Photos

By Peaches Nelson


Many people that take a lot of photos, end up always looking for more ways to improve their technique and capture better shots. It can be a never-ending quest, but you can still get a lot of great pictures during the journey. This article contains a few ideas that will, hopefully, help you on that quest.

A great photography tip is to make sure your shots have depth in them. An easy way to achieve that is to be sure that you have a background, a middle ground, and a foreground. Having all three of these will give your pictures a sense of atmospheric perspective.

An important tip to consider with photography is that you need to pay attention to the background of every one of your shots. This is critical because the background can take away from your image - or add to it - depending on what background you choose and how you frame the shot.

When you take your best shots, always try to better them by recreating them later. Sometimes you don't even know what it is that makes a shot great. By trying to recreate it, you can learn what it was that made it great and apply that element to your future shots.

Change the direction of your camera's flash to avoid the appearance of red eye. When a flash goes off directly in line with someone's eyes, the result can be red eye. Reducing red eye will improve the quality of your pictures and give your subjects a more realistic appearance.

Shoot during the "golden hours," especially if you are shooting human subjects. The time around dawn and dusk are named "golden hours" because the hue of the light makes objects look like they are glowing. This light also complements human skin, making human subjects appear to look better than they would in photos taken at other times of day.

When taking these next steps on your journey towards amazing pictures with every step, try using the tips we've provided with each shot. Not all photography styles are the same and you may find that not all tips help you all of the time. Use the ones that you can and remember to take some time to enjoy the results.




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