5 tips for better photos

How do you take better pictures?

Stand still and visualize! Use your eyes and look.

Keep an eye on the background.

Be patient. Wait and see!

Move and take a step to the side.

Here are five simple steps.

 

Tip #1: Hold the camera properly

Make sure you do not move before a shot is taken.

This way your photos will be clear and sharp.

Hold the camera with your right hand and support it under the left while you have your elbows towards your body. Stand up to a tree or against a wall.

Tip #2: Visualize!

Pictures do not always reflect reality as we expect. Although you see things around you as they “are”, it does not mean automatically that the image will reproducing it. Imagine how you want the picture – and make it so.

Think how you want the image to be, and not how you believe it will be when you press the button. You can do much to make the picture as you want it to be.

Tip #3: Look before you shoot

When shooting it is rarely just the main subject you are shooting. A kind of background usually follows with, and if you are not aware of it you can often run the risk that the light poles or trees are sticking out of your loved one’s head in the picture.

Keep an eye on the background and watch what is going on there. Also make sure that the horizon actually will be horizontal.

Tip #4: Wait and see

Be patient. The conditions can be nearly perfect as they are, but look around you and consider what could be better.

Less clouds? Is there an interesting situation that may arise? The light can change, people and things can emerge.

Try to predict the future, get ready and wait for that to happen. Try to imagine what could make the picture even better than you first thought, and wait for the special light, cloud, shadow, or the person.

Tip #5: Move!

Most often it is just a step to the side that is needed to get a better picture. The ability to try different angles, distances and views are often what separates a good photographer from a bad one.

Work on the subject and do not declare you done with it after just a single frame. You may want to think in new ways and outside the box.

Consider angles and points of view that you normally would not even thought about, and see if you can create something new and unexpected.