1) Take a lot of pictures of your subjects. Use different angles and zoom levels if you have a zoom. The more you take the better your odds. This works for me. Cost of taking digital photos = zero.
2) Review your shots on the pc before posting to flickr, snapfish, facebook etc. Throw out the bad shots and post the good ones
3) Try to avoid putting your main subject in the exact center. If your camera forces you to focus on the center spot, after focusing, keep the shutter button pressed half-way and recompose.
4) Remember that bright sunlight at mid day is the worst lighting for just about anything, especially people shots. Move them into the shade if possible
3 and 4 require you to forget everything that your parents or Kodak every taught you
5) If you must photograph people in direct sunlight, try turning on the flash. This may seem counterintuitive but it often helps. If you don't believe it, try "before and after" shots with and without flash.
Any questions? Post them here and I'll try to answer!
Happy Shooting
About Me
- The Puffin Man
- Arlington, MA, United States
- Here's the boring stuff: Born and raised in NYC. Learned how to use a camera at 13, but was so bad in art that I stopped taking pictures by 25. Then I took up birdwatching in my early 40s, trained myself how to see pictures, started marketing images 10 years later.
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