| Digital photography tips will help you become a better | | | | indoors. Try 100-400 outside and 800-1600 indoors. |
| photographer. Creating a routine will help you to | | | | Shoot on automatic. |
| make fewer mistakes and to be prepared to make | | | | For most of your adventures as a beginning |
| photographs anytime. | | | | photographer, automatic will be fine. Cameras are so |
| As a professional photographer I am often asked for | | | | sophisticated; let's let them do the heavy lifting for |
| advise on digital photography tips. A great tip is to | | | | us. As you progress, you can venture into the world |
| create a routine. | | | | of manual and aperture priority and shutter priority, |
| Almost every great photographer has one and you | | | | but that's another article. |
| should, too. World-class athletes use visualization to | | | | Border Patrol. |
| achieve greater records and to do their very best | | | | Call it whatever you want; you need to look around |
| every time they compete. It is similar with just about | | | | the edges of your Live View or viewfinder to see if |
| anything including photography. | | | | there are any distracting elements, which could |
| Here is my routine: | | | | distract from your subject. For example, have you |
| Make sure you have fresh batteries and spare ones, | | | | ever taken a photograph of something or somebody |
| too! | | | | only to look at it later and say, "I didn't see that," |
| No batteries means no camera. Which translates into | | | | yes, we are all guilty of tunnel vision. Then our |
| no photos! That is bad! Especially when you have a | | | | images of Aunt Sally won't include a large plant or |
| chance to photograph Big Foot or Elvis or the space | | | | tree that looks like it is sprouting from the back of |
| aliens that keep landing in the north forty. | | | | her head! Learn to look around the edges and it will |
| Always have a clean card. | | | | train you to stop having tunnel vision and really look |
| Your camera may use a compact flash card, an SD | | | | at your image. |
| card or even a memory stick, whatever the format, | | | | Do this routine or a variation of it every time you |
| make sure you have enough room to take and store | | | | pick up your camera and you will make far fewer |
| your new photos. And again have a spare one just in | | | | mistakes and your camera will always have power, |
| case. Elvis is waiting... | | | | have space to write photos and you will be aware of |
| Check your ISO setting. | | | | what is in the viewfinder/LCD. Do this digital |
| This is how you tell your camera what type of | | | | photography tip and you will begin to see and think |
| lighting you are shooting in. Bright or dim, outside or | | | | like a professional. |