Do you want to take a great digital photo, to show your friends or maybe even attend an exhibition? Follow these simple steps to do it successfully.
Steps
Step 1. Turn on your digital camera
Make sure it has fresh batteries and is set to camera mode.
Step 2. Find your subject
Try to find something interesting; it can be a person, a place or an inanimate object.
Step 3. Find something interesting to your subject
For example: the eye of a dog, the icing on a cup of ice cream, the head of a horse or the ladybug on a flower.
Step 4. Ensure adequate lighting
If you are indoors, it may be best to use the flash (against a wall or ceiling if possible). Outdoors, on the other hand, you should turn your back to the sun and turn off the flash (be careful not to let your shadow into the photo).
Step 5. Use lighting
Your photo should have dark spots and light spots. The best way to do this is to imagine your photo in black and white. You should have a white, a black and a gray dot in the photo.
Step 6. Good photographs often follow the Rule of Thirds
Your attention shouldn't fall on the center of the image. Imagine a tic-tac-toe table through the photo. The focus should be on one of the four points where the lines intersect.
Step 7. Make sure you fill in the frame
Make the subject take up the entire photo. Unnecessary empty space can distract attention from your subject.
Step 8. Keep the perspective in mind
Looking at something from eye level is often boring. Try to take pictures from above or below eye height - unique angles are always interesting!
Step 9. Avoid hand tremor
Flickering cameras take blurry photos. Keep the camera close to your body for better stability. You can also buy a tripod to leave your camera immobile.
Step 10. Take the photo
Use the stability, settings and photographic technique to take the photo you want.
Step 11. Look at the photo
You may need to take a few more photos to ensure greater quality and satisfaction, so don't be discouraged if your photos don't look good in the first few shots.
Step 12. Finished
Advice
- High quality cameras are better. Some cameras take better photos than others. Cameras with more pixels (MP) have better photo quality.
- Do what you feel. Photography is an art, and art is endless imagination. Take photos from different angles and distances, color schemes and effects. All these options exist to create unique photos.
- Keep the camera stable during the entire exposure time. Some cameras lag and often can make the photos accidentally blurry.
- Tripods are used to hold the camera steady while taking a photo. It is better to invest in a tripod, you should be able to take photos that are difficult without.
Warnings
- To take a picture of something dangerous it is best to use the zoom.
- Most cameras are neither waterproof nor underwater, so be careful when shooting near rivers, lakes or other water sources.
- Avoid deleting photos from your camera. Save them to a computer, USB stick, or other portable device.
