Saturday, June 2, 2012

Digital Photography Secrets

A little knowledge and willingness to learn can turn you into a pro digital photographer in no time. Here are some useful tips for digital photography to get you started taking amazing shots.
To avoid shots that end up with a cool, clammy effect, ensure that you warm up your tones. When shooting a sunny landscape or an outdoor portrait, try changing your white balance setting to cloudy from the default auto. This will increase the yellows and reds in your image, thereby providing you with a warm, rich picture.

If you're looking to add some punch to your landscape and general outdoor photography, find a polarizing filter. The polarizing filter helps you to reduce glare and unwanted reflections so as to provide you with a richer shot with more saturated colors, especially when shooting the sky. For the best effect, position yourself such that the sun is either over your left or right shoulder. Avoid being at a 90 degree angle with the light source as this is when the polarizing effect becomes strongest.

In order to capture great outdoor portraits, you need to take control of your camera flash such that it goes on only when you want it to. Learning how to control the flash will enable you to sufficiently illuminate your subject and end up with a professional looking shot and great composition. Once you have gotten the hang of using your flash outdoors, you may have some fun experimenting. Try positioning your subject such that the sun illuminates their hair from the back or the side in what is referred to as rim lighting. Avoid standing too far away when using the fill flash while shooting outdoors. This is because most built-in camera flashes only have a maximum range of ten feet.

Macro photography tips make it easy to achieve good macro images with a digital camera. To do this, find the close up or macro mode icon on your camera and turn it on. Next, get as close as possible to the object. Hold the shutter button down halfway to allow your camera to focus. Once the confirmation light gives you the nod, press the shutter down the whole way to take the photograph. Because you have a very shallow depth of field, be sure to focus on the part of the object that's most attractive to you, while allowing the rest of the photo to go soft.

Example photos

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