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Top Tips For Fantastic Photos Every Time!

January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment

The holidays are fast approaching and soon family and friends will be gathering to celebrate the season. The tips today are about recording the memories that fill the holidays.

  1. Play with the Depth of Field – Instead of snapping a picture in front of the tree, place your subject in the background, increase the aperture on your camera to the lowest setting (like around f/5.6 to f/1.4).  Focus on your subject in the background and the tree in the foreground will be twinkling and blurry.
  2. Work in the background – Candid shots are more natural and can be amazing.  Stand back away from the holiday festivities for a few moments and capture those un-rehearsed moments.
  3. Accessories - Use props, clothing and other items to jazz up your holiday pictures.  Think Santa Hats, wrapped presents and even large ornaments.
  4. Catch all the Action - Little kids tearing open gifts is a crazy time, shoot pictures like crazy to make sure you get the shots.  To take the stress out of the moment, put your camera into “auto-mode” or better yet “Continuous mode” and just start snapping away.
  5. Avoid the red eye – Whenever you use your flash you’re more than likely to get that evil red eye.Try using the red eye reduction setting for the flash.Some cameras do have automatic red eye correction which is nice.
  6. Embrace the darkness – To get a sharp photo of twinkling tree lights or candles, turn off the house lights and turn up the ISO setting on your camera.Using ISO 800 or 1600 should work just fine.You will have to steady the camera so that your pictures aren’t blurry.Try either using a tripod or put the camera on a different solid surface and use the timer delay setting.
  7. Stepping outside – To get crisp photos at night, set up your tripod, up the ISO setting and lower your aperture to let in as much light as possible.  And don’t forget to turn off the flash.  A word of caution if its really cold outside.The chilly temperture outside can quickly drain the charge from your battery.  Make sure your camera is fully charged.  And if you are going to be outside for a while, be sure to keep your camera warm.Try to keep the camera warm inside your coat while setting up for the picture, and take it out when you are ready to start shooting.
  8. Give peace a chance – Be certain to watch for those quiet moment shots as well.  Nothing is more precious than watching a child’s face as a beloved grandparents reads, “Twas the night before Christmas”.
  9. Know when to use the flash – Sometimes you just need to use your camera’s flash.Try to stand about 12 ft from the subjects of your photo so that the flash is bright enough but not so bright that they are blinded by it or overexposed.
  10. Capture the preperations – We sometimes forget to record the experience of everything behind the scenes while preparing for the festivities.  Do include the baking of the treats, shopping for gifts, decking the halls and the wrapping of the presents.
  11. Try a new angle when taking photos – Stand off to the side and zoom in to capture the moment.
  12. Get in the picture – If you’re like me and your always behind the camera, hand the camera off to someone else and enjoy the holidays with your family.  Remember your family won’t care how you looked but they will remember you were there, not only in their memories but in the photos as well.

I hope these tips will go a long way to helping you improve your photos and getting the most out of your camera!

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