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Five Tips for Good Photographing

Today, almost every kid has a camera. There are cheap cameras, expensive cameras, automatic cameras, manual cameras, digital cameras, phone cameras and so on.

Many people are not satisfied from their photos. Especialy when they travel - they claim that the pictures don't reflect the beauty and the atmosphere in the places they've been to.

In order to improve your photos, you might want to keep in mind a few rules:

When taking a picture of a person, an animal or any object, take it from its height, or lower. Many people take pictures from their own eye level, regardless of the object they're photographing. For example, if you're taking a picture of a child (or a dwarf), kneel down.
If the person (or object) you're photographing is facing the camera, place him in the middle of the frame. I would suggest you to tell him to face aside or something else. It doesn't have to be a profile picture, but some angle would do good. If he's facing right, place him closer to the left side of the frame. If he's facing left - then place him closer to the right.
If it's dark, you don't have to use the flash. The flash brightens only objects close to the camera, making them pale, and the background will still be dark. If you want to photograph in the dark, set the camera on a tripod (or anything stable), and shoot the picture without the flash. Let the natural light of the scene be dominant. Notice that the shooting will take more time.
The flash is good when you're photographing somebody with the light source in the background (sunset, for example). Because the light source is behind him, if you don't use the flash, you will see only his silhouette. With the flash, you will be able to see details. The other light source will light up the background.
In some cameras, the lens could have a very wide angle when it's completely zoomed out. Anyway, don't photograph people from zero distance. Stand at least a couple of meters away and zoom in.

November 15th, 2008.

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