30 Days of Photography Tips… Day 16
DAY #16! TIP #16: When shooting with a flash, point your flash up and bounce it off the ceiling for softer fill light. Using flash is a different kind of look and something new to learn. I am not an expert on flashes, studio lighting, or any kind of artificial light. Most of my photography is…
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DAY #15! TIP #15: Try not to chop off any limbs in crazy places. When photographing people of any kind, try not to chop off their limbs in any crazy places. It’s best to avoid chopping off at joints, elbows, fingers, ankles, etc. Of course there’s a time for pictures of just certain body parts, fingers,…
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DAY #14! TIP #14: Try a new perspective. Do you feel like your pictures always look the same? Try a new perspective. If you’re usually standing or squatting when shooting, then try laying down flat on the ground. Or try standing up higher on a stool. At times a new perspective can change everything. For this…
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DAY #13! TIP #13: When shooting in the shade, avoid spotty shade. I’m not sure what the appropriate term for this is but I call it “spotty shade”. You know that shade from trees and the leaves from the trees that creates random inconsistent shade? This kind of shade creates both spots of sun and shade…
Read More30 Days of Photography Tips… Day 12
DAY #12! TIP #12: When first learning and improving your camera skills, shoot in the shade. Full open shade is a large area of shade. This kind of shade can be found from the wall of a building, a covered patio, a big full tree. It’s the best! Especially for high success rates when you are…
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DAY #11! TIP #11: Capture those in between moments. Do you want natural images? Real smiles rather than those forced smiles? Or little kids staring at you like…. “What?” When you want natural images it doesn’t always work to have little ones look at the camera and smile, or even adults for that matter. You…
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DAY #10! TIP #10: Get in closer. Get ready to take a pic, get all your settings in order and shoot. But then… get in even closer. I love images that are close and tight. I love the intimacy in a tight close up image. I also love how the distractions all fall away and…
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DAY #9! TIP #9: Keep your shutter speed 1/160 second or faster when photographing children. This tip, like many of them is simply my personal preference and what I’ve found to work for me. I try to keep my shutter speed at 1/160 of a second or faster when I’m photographing little children who move and…
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DAY #8! TIP #8: Try out the rule of thirds. Center focus point, focus on the eyes, then recompose. Rather than always having your subject right in the dead center of the picture, try out the rule of thirds. In the rule of thirds an image can be divided into thirds horizontally and/or vertically. When…
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