Wednesday, 23 March 2016

How To Take Great Pictures


Photography is an art that instills an urge in everyone with a camera in his hand to capture the beautiful and scenic moments alike like a professional. However, results are often not what you want them to be. Here are a few tips to help you capture those scenic moments more artistically:

Watch the Light

Light plays an essential role in photography whether you are using artificial sources of light like lamps and light equipment or natural sun light. Watch where the light is coming from and how it is interacting with your subject by looking from different angles. Take great care to see whether it’s heightening particular areas of your subject or casting shadows.
Natural sunlight during dawn and dusk is great for taking pictures of landscapes while soft afternoon sunlight can be used to enhance the view of your subject.

Use Flash

You can use flash for both day and night photography as well as indoor and outdoor photography for it provides you with that extra focused light for your subject. This extra focus of light on your subject will lighten the face by eliminating disturbing shadows created by natural light. Turn on your flash next time while you take pictures for better results.

Find the Right Level

Find the right level to click a picture from to enhance the aesthetic quality of your picture. Change your usual direct position and try to shoot from a low angle. This can make your pictures more interesting by providing a new perspective of the subject you are capturing.

Get In Close

A picture needs to be filled with the presence of your subject only and not cluttered with fancy backgrounds. So get rid of the distractions and get in close with your subject by stepping forward. Aim towards filling your picture frame with the subject to reveal details but do not get to close for you do not want the picture to get blurry.

Move It from the Middle

The middle of your picture frame is often not the place to situate your subject. Place your subject a little sideways to bring your picture to life.


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