Photography Tips - 10 Tips From a Professional Photographer

1. Move closer to your subject. Nothing kills a photomoving a foot or so to the left or right? Look at the
quicker than a distracting background. If you have aentire frame you are about to capture, not just the
great background try bringing the subject closer toone main element you are focusing on. Sure you can
the camera so they don't get lost. Remember this tipfix it in Photoshop but it is better to capture it the
if nothing else.way you want to see it.
2. Take lots of pictures. Digital photography is cheapMove closer to your subject.
and it is good! It is okay to shoot multiple photos7. Study Pictures. Pictures you like. Cut them out of
with only slight variations...keep and share your bestyour favorite magazines or newspapers. Keep a file
photos. Also you don't need an expensive camera; Ion your desk and just take a moment to look at
have photos from all over the world hanging on mythem and tell yourself what you like about them.
walls that were taken with a $300 point and shoot.Bookmark web sites that have photos you like. Go
Move closer to your subject.to them often. Develop your eye.
3. Get creative. It doesn't take much to enhance a8. Learn to take a little criticism. All photographers
photo. Pictures taken from 5 ½' above thelove their own photos. You put your heart and soul
ground can look repetitious. Think about changing theinto them. You want to show them off. They are
perspective - get down on one knee or on yourpictures of your kids, taken with the camera you
stomach if possible. Stand on a chair. Experiment withalways wanted and just bought. How can people not
different lenses if you have them. Experiment withlove them? Remember art is subjective. Not
composition.everybody is your mom.
Move closer to your subject.Move closer to your subject.
4. Rent equipment. Professional camera stores are9. Get your pictures published. Local newspapers
not just for professionals. They have rentalhave photography contests, generally centered on a
departments where anyone can pick up an exotictheme: children, pets, travel. If you are in the right
lens for a day or more. Many that can be used onplace at the right time, CNN might be interested.
non-professional cameras. These rental departmentsDon't forget about the internet. There are always
are manned by people with lots of photo knowledgephoto contests you can enter online. Publish your
and people are generally more than happy to "talkown website. There are plenty of free sites that will
photography" if not too busy at the moment. Don'tallow you to build a web site using your photos. They
be shy.are a great way to share our art and these days
Move closer to our subject.you don't need a degree from MIT to do it.
5. Use the camera's flash. Especially outside. YourMove closer to your subject.
eyes can look at a person in front of a sunset and10. Learn from your mistakes. But don't be afraid to
see their smile but your camera can't. It is eitherbreak rules. Photography is fun and creative. Nobody
going to record the colors of the sunset and youris going to die if your snapshots are a little off or
subject will be a silhouette or your subject will beweird. What might not work one day may be a
visible and the background will be overexposed. Bestroke of genius the next.
conscious of shadows on people's faces - again utilizeAnd one last time, move closer to your subject.
your flash. If your subject is looking into the sun theyFor the amateur photographer, these are ten easy,
are squinting - turn them away from the sun and fillnon-technical tips to help you improve the quality of
shadows with flash.your photos. While there are many technical aspects
Move closer to your subject.of photography, great pictures usually begin with a
6. Think of your camera like a painter's canvas. Beconfident photographer who has learned to master
the artist. Is there a garbage can or other unwantedcomposition before worrying about F-Stops.
item in the frame that can be eliminated by simply