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Taking Great Pictures
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Top Ten• Look your subject in the eye• Use a plain background• Use flash outdoors• Move in close• Move it from the middle• Lock the focus• Know your flash’s range• Watch the light• Take some vertical pictures• Be a picture director
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Look Your Subject In The Eye
• Hold camera at eye level
• Stoop to children’s level
• Subject doesn’t always need to stare at the cameraToo high Better
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Use a Plain Background
• Study the surrounding area
• Make sure no objects interfere with the subject• No poles growing
from the head of your subject
• No cars dangling from ears (etc)
Distracting background
Better
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Use Flash Outdoors• Bright sun can create
deep facial shadows• Use Flash to eliminate
shadows and to lighten face
• Use flash on cloudy days• Take a picture without
the flash to take advantage of soft light
Subject is dark
After
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Move In Close• Fill the picture area
with the subject• Don’t get too close
• 3 feet or 1 step away
Good
BetterToo close
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Move it From the Middle
• Middle is not the best• Moving subject from
middle brings picture to life
• Use tick-tack-toe method to find optimal view• Place subject at one
of the intersections
Boring
Better
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Lock the Focus
• If subject is not in the center, lock the focus• Most cameras focus
in the centerSubject not in focus, or locked
Better
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Know Your Flash’s Range
• Don’t go beyond maximum flash range• Average range is
less than 15 feet or 5 steps away Without flash or more than flash range
With flash or within flash range
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Watch the Light• Light is the second
most important detail• Bright sun could be
bad• Soft light could be
good
• Landscapes are best in the morning or late in the day
Good
Also good
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Take Some Vertical Pictures
• Try vertical pictures
• Many things look better vertically
Good
Better
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Be a Picture Director
• Take charge• Pick the location• Add props
• Sunglasses, clothes,etc
• Arrange people or the subject if possible
Boring
Better