Sunday, 7 October 2012

Pointers For Taking Professional Pictures

By Jessie Francese


Now that you already have an idea on the way to get started taking professional pictures, it will likely be more enjoyable and exciting when you know some techniques and tricks on how to take spectacular digital shots that may be worth keeping or sharing. Wouldn't it be great if photos of your holiday and rare special moments are taken artistically and professionally?

Let's discuss 5 ways to achieve it:

1. Switch off the flash

Among the best developments in present-day photography is definitely the development of digital cameras with automatic settings and presets which let you take photos in an instant. But one of the things that require a user's decision is usually to turn the flash off. Auto flash settings may turn on despite having sufficient lighting. The challenge sets in as the use of flash often ruins photo quality. So, if you would like your subjects to be professionally photographed, simply set the perfect exposure settings and manually turn off the flash since there is a tendency that it switches on automatically.

2. Choose the vertical view

Handy or pocket-sized digital camera models for example, the Point and Shoot type are built to be held horizontally. People also are likely to hold a camera that way because it's quicker to hold it in a very steady manner. But it's actually not the only route to hold it. There might be times when your subject doesn't fit into the frame and you really need to hold it vertically. Holding it vertically while getting a shot of your subject may surprise you with professional-looking photos.

3. Don't neglect the rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is definitely the general guideline in photography. You can notice this in nearly all professional works of art. The idea here is often to divide the picture into thirds in three equal rows and three equal vertical columns. Placing the points of interest toward the intersection of the lines typically creates presentable results.

4. Try to be very near to your subject

Oftentimes, the easiest way to identify a fantastic photographer is the way he calculates his distance from his subject. Good photographers stand close enough to their subject to get a better snapshot. If usually you're taking pictures of people, you might want to get closer to them to capture the authentic, vivid smiles on their faces. This really is among the best features of DSLR's as this kind of camera allows capturing close-up photos of people or moving objects using the magical zoom lens without moving the digital camera.

5. Use the telephoto lens

Using the wide-angle lens alone to take close-up photos may end up with pictures looking distorted. To resolve this issue, start using a telephoto lens to get a zoomed-in picture of your subject and take professional pictures minus the wide-angle distortion.




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