News, Ideas, and Tips for Photographers

Have you been feeling overwhelmed by the results of your photography sessions? Your ability to take unique professional quality photos, depends on the amount of time and energy you are willing to invest.

Be simple with your camera settings. Become familiar with one of the settings, like shutter speed or aperture, before you tackle the others. This way, you can concentrate on taking the shot instead of fiddling about with camera settings while your subject walks away.

Hold your camera tight, keep your arms close to your sides and put your hands on both sides and the bottom of your camera. You will get less shaking and have clearer shots. If you place your hands beneath the camera, you will be less likely to drop the camera.

Always keep charged batteries in your camera. Digital cameras can suck up a lot of battery power, the LCD screen has a lot to do with this, make sure you have your batteries fully charged. Since you’ll be taking a lot of pictures, you should probably bring a back-up set of batteries, too.

Shoot photos of a wide range of individuals. Always ask for their permission. These photos will bring back memories from when you travel, even though the subjects of the photographs weren’t people who would normally stand out in a crowd. Look for people with interesting faces, candid expressions and casual, local dress.

Make sure the subject you are photographing is close enough to clearly see. Nothing is as bad as taking a photograph of something that is not close enough to see well. Make it easier for yourself and for your viewers to see your subject clearly and vividly.

Consider focusing on your subject, and then moving the camera so the subject is not located in the center of the shot. Centering photos is expected and not very unique. By using this technique, you will find that your photo and the subject matter give off a more interesting appeal to the viewer.

Learn composition and that less is much more with photographs. You can actually overshadow your intended subject when there is too much going on in the rest of the photograph. There is lots of beauty in the simplest of art forms, so make your shots simple!

Ordinary Object

Experiment with different perspectives, scale and photographic expression. An ordinary object can be transformed to art if the setting distorts its actual size, or lends a silly or unique perpective. Spend some time on your images so that you can shoot a distinct image of an otherwise ordinary object.

Challenge your creativity by creating a limitation for your photo shoot. You might want to decide to only take pictures of “sweet” things, for example. Focus your shooting to one spot or room and shoot 100 varied photographs. This can help you to be more creative by forcing you to step outside of your comfort zone.

Good pictures require talent and knowledge. This article is for anyone aspiring to take better photographs.