Sunday, January 1, 2012

Helpful Advice To Become A Better Photographer

By George Renoir


Photography is so much more than taking a picture. It is an art and a science combined when done correctly. This article will provide some of the most important tips to ensure that you are treating this hobby with respect and therefore coming away with quality end results.

When taking pictures with your camera avoid any unnatural cropping. It looks sloppy or strange when pieces of heads, entire heads, hands or feet are cut off. Remember photos should include the subjects main features.

When you're choosing a new camera, think about how much control you need over your pictures when deciding whether to purchase an SLR or a point and shoot. If you're just going to be taking snapshots of friends and family, or documenting a vacation, you may not need the depth of features on an SLR. If you are going to be doing more serious portrait work, or want full control over everything you do, then choose an SLR.

When taking a photo of a landscape, try to ensure that there are objects of interest in the foreground, middleground, and background of the shot. By balancing your composition this way, you can capture the full range of interesting features that a landscape has to offer, rather than focusing solely on nearby or distant subjects.

Be aware of what shooting mode you are in. For example, you need to know that when you decide to shoot in RAW that you will not have preset corrections that you can use when you upload them on the computer. You will, however, have much better post production quality output from this photo format.

Select a subject and focus on it. Point your camera towards this subject or object and use the auto focus feature if necessary. If you do not do this, your picture will look blurry. Play with conventions and select an unusual point of focus if you want original pictures.

Make sure that you get others' opinions of your photographs. Try to get some people that know a lot about this field and that are good at photography to critique your photos. Be aware that there will be good and bad feedback; just don't take it personally. Learn from all of it and get better at it.

In conclusion, it is important to understand that photography involves so much more than pointing a camera and pushing a button. In order to consider what you do as art, there are certain standards that you usually need to adhere to. Hopefully you will be able to use the information in this article to your advantage.




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