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Look your subject in the eye: Catch the beauty of the eyes! |
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Use an uncluttered background: Busy backgrounds will distract from your subject! |
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Use fill-flash outdoors: Eliminate those unwanted shadows! |
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Move in close: Fill the space in the viewfinder |
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Move it from the middle: Try
putting your subject to the right or the left of the picture-you will need to lock the focus first and then recompose the
photograph. |
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Lock the focus: On your subject and then recompose the photograph. |
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Know your flash's limits: Most flashes are good for subjects up to about ten-feet away. |
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Watch the angle of the light: Don't have the sun directly in front of your subject. Try using open shade by a wall,
under a tree, etc. |
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Take some vertical pictures: You can take pictures of people
using a horizontal format and you can shoot landcapes in a vertical format! |
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Direct your subject: Tell them where you like them to stand/how to pose.
If you would like to become an expert, go to the library! There are many easy-to-read
books on the subject of photography! You may also want to study photograph taken by other photographers or even view paintings! |
