10 tips in better photography

with the tips given below, it is not hard to take a good photo. Plus you don't need to own the most expensive camera. Read with joy...

Use all your available space

dont be afraid to use all the space in your photo. If you want to take a picture of something, it's ok for it to take up the whole shot with no or very little background showing. Keep distraction out of your shot.

Study form

this is vital aspect of photography. Understanding forms in your photos. don't seen an object, see its shape and its form and find the best angle to photograph it from. form is all around us and i highly suggest you read as many book on it as possible.

Motion in your photos

never have motion in your photos if you are photographing a still object. If there is something moving while you are trying to photograph a stationery object, your photo wont turn out anywhere near as well. Also never put a horizon line in the center of your frame.

Learn to use contrasts between colors

some of the best photos have shades of white, gray and black. You can take great shots with just one color on your subject, but the contrasts between colors in a shot is what makes you a great photographer.

Get closer to your subject

this is one of the biggest mistakes most photographers make, not getting close enough to their subject. Get up and personal and close the distance gap. You can always reshape and resize a good shoot but you cant continue to blow up a distant object.

Shutter lag

shooting action shots with digital cameras can be tricky due to shutter lags. What this is means is, when you press the button to take the photo, it can take up to a second for the shutter to take a photo, by that time what you were photographing would have moved or changed somehow. This means you have to compensate for shutter lag by predicting what your subject is going to do and taking the photo just before it takes the action you want. More expensive digital cameras dont have this problem.

Pan

If you are taking an action shot and your shutter speed is slow, pan with the object. Follow through with the subject, from start to finish and one of those shots will be a winner. You have more chance of getting a good shot if you take more then one photo

Continuous shots 

To pan like suggested above you will need a camera that does continuous shots and doesn’t need to stop and process after every shot. 

How to take fantastic night time shots

Night time shots can be spectacular, almost magical.... if done right! If not they can look horrible. Really horrible. Without adequate lighting, even good camera's can turn out crappy photos if the photographer doesn't know what he or she is doing. 

Study your manual 

If your digital camera has a special night time mode, read the manual and follow their instructions on how to use it properly.