Photography Tips

Everyone has there own methodologies of how to take the best pictures so I thought I'd share a few of my own with you. A lot of people when they are taking pictures simply look at what they want to shoot and press the shutter button. Once in a blue moon shooting this way will give you good results most of the time they will look like amateur holiday pictures at best.

Most of the time in fact almost without exception there is a superior composition to be had just by swivelling your body three hundred sixty degrees and raising or lowering your position in regards to your subject. Try to keep in mind your thirds rule the horizon line should almost never be in the middle of your picture but there are exceptions to every rule, knowing when the exception is at hand comes with experience. Putting your main subject smack dab in the centre of your shot pretty well always makes for a boring shot.

I sometimes like to lay down when I'm taking a shot just to give a different perspective this works especially well when shooting animals. A shot taken at the animals natural walking height can give you more of an idea of what their world is like. As I mentioned above a centre of interest doesn't usually make for a good composition if it is literally in the centre of the shot.

Zooming in on one particular part of a scene will often times make for a much more satisfying shot than one that tries to get the whole subject in. Do not shoot directly into the sun unless you are wanting a silhouette effect even then it is not only bad for you eyes it is also bad for the cameras sensor and can if done for prolonged periods of time damage the chip.

Most people can't hold there camera steady below 1/60th of a second so a tripod especially in low light conditions is pretty well a necessity for the serious shooter, otherwise you are going to get blurring in your images due to camera shake. A tripod gives you a lot more scope for exposure thus increasing your creative use of light which is what photography is all about you are literally painting with light. Another handy little device to have is a remote control unit which enables you to shoot an object without touching the camera this is extremely valuable when you are shooting in macro (highly magnified close up). You can use your cameras time release but it's not as efficient. These are just a few little tips that I have found helpful I hope you do too.

Till Next Time....