Photography Tips

Photography Tips:

• Since the camera captures and focuses on everything in a shot make sure that the lines and subjects in your photo frame or lead up to what you want to be the main focus of your shot.

• Don’t leave to much space around what you want to be the focus of your photo or else it will be hard for the viewers to determine what is the main focus

• Don’t just keep your camera straight up and down with the ground. Play around with different angles because you will get different lighting and a more unconventional view of what you’re taking a photo of.

• Try having the focal point of your picture stay out of the exact center so that it will look more interesting and will cause the viewer to take in the entire photo.

• Bright primary colors attract the eye so make sure that you are taking a photo of those colors at a time when the lighting brightens and complements them, so it will not look monochrome and boring.

• Make sure the background nicely compliments the subject of the photo. Even if you are in nature you can still find ways to manipulate the background by using different angles so you can have different lighting.

• Don’t take one photo and leave. Instead you should stay and watch what you are taking a picture of so that you can see how it changes and know the exact moment to take the picture and capture it in a way that best portrays your subject.

• When you are taking photos of animals or insects it is best to be on their level for a more intimate photo.
  
  
• If you are taking photos of animals with people it is best to make sure that there are no gaps in between them so that it looks like a closer relationship between the subjects.
  
  
• If you are taking pictures of pets make noises in the direction that you want them to look whether that‘s behind the camera or off to the side.
  
  
• When you are using flash remember that your shutter speed can change how your photo looks with flash and how much lighting contrast is in your photo.

• Make sure your camera isn’t on a setting where there is too much exposure or too little exposure when using flash so that you can get a realistic looking photo without too much reflecting light off of your subject.

• When used correctly flash can help when wanting to have more dramatic lighting, especially in portraits and black and white photos.