How to Take Better Photos: 3 Easy Steps

In order to take a "good" picture, you must keep three things in mind. It is much simpler to take a good photo than you would think.

1) the SUBJECT...

The first thing you need keep in mind is the "subject". You need to define what is the subject of the picture. Decide whether it is a person, animal, building, place etc. that you are taking picture of. With the subject in mind, you are nowmore keen to the placement of the subject in the photo. This will lead to better composition and good perspective.


2) LIGHTING <<<

The second thing to keep in mind is lighting. You don't want it to be too bright or the picture will be overexposed. You don't want it too dark either because the picture will be too dark. If you find that your picture is being over expose, then you can either lower the film sensitivity (ISO) or the shuttle speed or both. If the picture is too dark, then you can crank up the film sensitivity (ISO) or increase the shuttle speed. Another good easy tip is to adjust the white balance (WB) on your camera for appropriate lighting. Set it to tungsten, fluorescent, daylight etc. Keeping these simple ideas about lighting in mind will give you much be quality pictures, no matter what camera you use!



3) FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS!

Thirdly and probably the most important is focus. If a picture is not in focus, then nothing else really matters. You probably noticed already, but if you compare a pro's photo with an amateur you can really see the difference. Most of the time, the pictures taken by amateurs are grotesquely out of focus or blurry. To ensure good focus, make sure the laser light beeps on the subject before you snap away. Another way to get sharp picture when you've tried everything already is to turn on your flash. This tend to give me the result I want when I can find no solution, but it is at the cost of sometime harsh lighting.