Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Albert Chuah) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:24:00 +0000

1) Get down on their level

Hold your camera at the subject's eye level to capture the power of those magnetic gazes and mesmerising smiles
For kids and pets that means getting down on their level to take the picture
They don't have to look directly into the camera, the eye level angle by itself will create personal and inviting feeling

2) Use a plain background

Before taking a picture, check the area behind your subject
Lookout for trees or poles sprouting from your subject's head
A clutered background will be distracting while a plain background will emphasize your subject

3) Use flash outdoor

Even outdoors, use the fill flash setting on the camera to improve your pictures
Use it bright sunlight dark shadows under the eyes and nose, especially when the sun is directly overhead or behind your subject
Use it on cloudy days, to brighten up faces and make them stand out from the backgroud

4) Move in close

To create impactful pictures, move in close and fill your picture with the subject
Move a few steps closer or use the zoom until the subject fills the viewfinder. You will eliminate background distractions and show off the details in your subject
For small objects, use the camera's macro or 'flower' mode to get sharp close-ups

5) Take some vertical pictures

Many subject look better in a vertical picture from the Eiffel Tower to portraits of your friends
Make a conscious to turn your camera sideways and take some vertical pictures

6) Lock the fucus
Lock the focus to create a sharp picture of off-center subjects

Center the subject
Press the shutter button half way down
Re-frame your picture (while still holding the shutter button)
Finish by pressing the shutter button all the way

7) Move it from the middle

Bring your picture to life simply by placing your subject off-center
Imagine a tic-tac grid in your viewfinder. Now place your subject at one of the intersections of lines
Since most cameras focus on whatever's in the middle, remember to lock the focus on your subject before re-framing the shot

8) Know your flash's range

Pictures taken beyond the maximum flash range will be too dark
For many cameras that's only ten feet about for step away. Check your manual to be sure
If the subject is further than ten feet from the camera, the picture may be too dark

9) Watch the light

Great light makes grate pictures. Study the effects of light in your pictures
For people pictures, choose the soft lighting of cloudy days. Avoid overhead sunlight that casts harsh shadows across faces
For scenic pictures, use the long shadows and color of early and late daylight

10) Be a picture director

Take an extra minute and become a picture director, not just a passive picture-taker
Add some props, rearrange your subjects or try a differ viewpoint
Bring your subject together and let their personalities shine, Then watch your pictures dramatically improve

What is Photography ?

noreply@blogger.com (Albert Chuah) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:19:00 +0000

Photography is the process, activity and art of creating pictures or movies from the inclusion of a radiation sensitive medium such as photographic film or electronic sensor. Patterns of light emitted or reflected from objects turn hazardous chemical or electronic sensor during a time exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device like a camera that stores the information received known chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure.

Lens and mounting a large-format camera.
A historic camera: the Contax S of 1949 - the first pentaprism SLR.
Nikon F of 1959 - the first system of 35mm film camera.
Late Production Camera Minox B with a style that later, "honeycomb" Photocell

The word "photography" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is on the Greek "light" and "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", ie all the "drawing with light". Traditionally, the product of photography as negatives and photographs, which was often shortened to photo.