5 Tips for Better Holiday Photos

Holiday photographers appear to be divided into two groups, those that shoot everyone and everything in sight, or those that either forget to take their camera or don’t bring it out when they should.

Capturing your holiday on a digital camera means there are now many ways to reminisce over your holiday. From digital frames to regular photos, or maybe a giant canvas print for the wall, or my favourite a photo book.

We have put together 5 simple tips to inspire you to get out and take photos while on holidays, as well as some ideas on what to shoot.
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5 Tips for Better Portrait Photos

If we were all honest everyone would admit to wanting a flattering portrait photo of themselves, not from a vanity point of view, but simply from the same way our mind sees us when we look at ourselves in the mirror.

Getting that picture means that we must take control of the portrait photo session. It’s important to become a picture director, not just a picture taker. A picture director takes charge of portraits, they set the scene and mood to create the best portraits.
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5 Tips to take Better Photos of your Children

Capturing those special moments and expressions of your children as they grow up leaves us with a timeless treasure that will bring back memories that will last forever. This tutorial is a quick guide to get you started on building your priceless memories. Read more

5 Tips to take Better Family Photos

Haven’t we all wanted to take better family photos! It may be a special family gathering, birthday, reunions etc. Sometimes it can just be that we want to take portraits and group shots for enlargements or canvas prints to display in our home. It doesn’t really matter what prompts us to do it, what we really want is some tips to take better family photos. Read more

Composition – The Art of Seeing

A camera, no matter how automatic, is a lifeless piece of equipment until a person uses it. It then becomes a uniquely responsive tool, an expression of the photographers eye and creative mind.

Anyone can take amazingly beautiful photographs by simply taking a mental “walk” around a photo opportunity to view it from multiple perspectives. This will always result in important insights and fresh ideas.

Three of the most important factors as you begin to understand the ‘Art of Seeing’, are:

• Light
• Focus
• Composition

Understanding and using these to your advantage to take better photos helps to develop your ‘Art of Seeing’.

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Composition

Composition is the placement of subjects within the photo. The camera is going to see Less than our eyes, so the trick is to decide what to point the camera at. Perhaps the most important guide for composition is called the Rule of Thirds. Read more

Focus – The Art of Seeing

A camera, no matter how automatic, is a lifeless piece of equipment until a person uses it. It then becomes a uniquely responsive tool, an expression of the photographers eye and creative mind.

Anyone can take amazingly beautiful photographs by simply taking a mental “walk” around a photo opportunity to view it from multiple perspectives. This will always result in important insights and fresh ideas.

Three of the most important factors as you begin to understand the ‘Art of Seeing’, are:

• Light
• Focus
• Composition

Understanding and using these to your advantage to take better photos helps to develop your ‘Art of Seeing’.

Focus

One ingredient of great images is focusing the camera carefully.

Auto-focus (AF) technology today has made focusing as painless and as child proof as pressing a button. Still, to increase your percentage of sharp pictures, keep a few things in mind before you press it. Read more

Using Light – The Art of Seeing

A camera, no matter how automatic, is a lifeless piece of equipment until a person uses it. It then becomes a uniquely responsive tool, an expression of the photographers eye and creative mind.

Anyone can take amazingly beautiful photographs by simply taking a mental “walk” around a photo opportunity to view it from multiple perspectives. This will always result in important insights and fresh ideas.

Three of the most important factors as you begin to understand the ‘Art of Seeing’, are:

• Light
• Focus
• Composition

Understanding and using these to your advantage to take better photos helps to develop your ‘Art of Seeing’.

Light

The magic of photography lies in the light. Light to a photographer is what paint is to an artist. We can’t make much of a photograph without it.

When considered, objects are not photographed, only the light reflected by the object is photographed. There are very few subjects that emit their own light allowing us to photograph them.

With that in mind, when we talk about lighting we are talking about controlling the light on the subject. In the case of natural light it means selecting the type of light such as direct sunlight, open shade, overcast light and its direction which is determined by the time of day.

Seeing changes in the light on a subject is a key to taking a great photograph. By learning about light you can use it to say much about your subject in any photo. Read more

10 Tips to take Better Digital Photos

Get up and taking great pictures immediately with this short, sharp tutorial for taking better digital photos. We have included here, some of the secrets and tips that professionals know and use to get those shots we often wish could do. One of the first things to do is to make sure your camera is ready to go. Read more

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