Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Project 365 Helpful Hints to better a Picture

This is applying #9 to my shot. Still have a long way to go! But hey, it's only day #12.
Well, I am on day 12 of my Project 365. That's 353 more pics to take this year. I learned 10 great ways to better improve you photos and wanted to share them with you.
1. Get up close and eliminate distractions in the background
2. Know your camera's minimum focusing distance. Look in the camera manual
3. Learn how to lock the focus on you camera. Again, look in manual.
4. Know you camera's flash range and shoot from that distance. Look in manual.
5. Use your cameras flash when outdoors to eliminate harsh shadows on faces.
6. If you can find some shade outdoors to shoot, try it out.
7. Start to learn where light is coming from and use it to your advantage.
8. Shoot from different angles not just from a normal standing position. Remember to shoot from the ground.
9. Get creative with where you place your subject in your viewfinder. Move them out of the center.
10. Use your environment to frame up some shots if you can.

2 comments:

mary said...

I like it! Like the contrast of light and dark and color values. Visually pleasing! LOVE the subject matter! Can't take a bad picture with such an adoreable model!

abc1234 said...

What a cute picture - of course Gracie takes such cute pictures. I finally figured out how to post my comments again.........too many passwords to remember!