Digital Photography Basics - Behind the Scenes
I do not profess to be a professional photographer, but I have read some books and taken a couple of classes to improve my photography. During my studies, I found some digital photography basics that will help anyone to Take Better Pictures.
Below are three of my favorite ideas that you can start using today:
Digital Photography Basics - Fill Flash
Flashing - it's not just good at night!
There are a few of ways to fix this problem:
One, you could just move the subject around so that the sun is in their face instead of behind them. This does work with people, but not with immovable objects.
Two, wait until a different time of day, until the sun is at a different location. Again, this does have problems. What if you are with a tour group and you only have 15 minutes at this stop?
Finally and the first of the digital photography basics is to use your flash. Most cameras will allow you to turn on the flash even when it thinks you don't need it. What this will do is to "light" up your subject. On many point an shoot cameras, there is a setting that tells the camera the subject is "backlit" (that there is bright light behind them). If you move the dial on your camera, it will adjust itself to take care of this problem.
If your camera will allow it, you may have to work with the flash "power" so that your subject is not washed out or too dark.
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Digital Photography Basics - Color, the Most Vivid Lesson
Color in a picture can be very powerful. It can be emotionally intoxicating. What do you think when you see a brilliant sunset of reds and purples? What about an azure sky with the American flag in front of it? It's amazing at conjuring up all kinds of emotions.Just like a room painted in a certain color, a picture can create a mood. When you step into a room that is painted deep red, how do you feel? Is it a good feeling? When people look at pictures, they can get that same feeling from it's dominant colors.
Another one of the great digital photography basics is lack of color. Black and white photographs can evoke many emotions about times gone by. Sepia tones can also create feelings of age.
The next time you take a picture, think about the colors that will make it up.
Digital Photography Basics - Using Light and Shadows
In most of the pictures I use to take, the light was constant. It was the same throughout the entire frame. In order to create a feeling in a picture or to grab the attention of the viewer you can use light and shadows.If you want the viewer to "notice" an object or person in the frame, bath them in light and have shadows throughout the rest of the frame.
Or what if you want to "hide" something in the photograph, so that the viewer has to really study it to find the "missing" or additional item? That object could be hiding in the shadows.
I hope you use all of these digital photography basics to improve your photography, for links to more of them, continue scrolling down.
All Text and Pictures: © Russell Roberds 2009
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Digital Photography Basics - Recommended Basic Books
The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
A great book for a more in depth study of composition techniques.
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Amazon Price: $16.17 (as of 11/14/2009) 
Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography (Updated Edition)
A good book for a novice photographer. It deals some with a DSLR camera, but there is a lot of composition.
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Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 11/14/2009)
The Better Photo Guide To Digital Photography
For beginner to intermediate. It is written more for a DSLR camera but does have Point and Shoot information as well.
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Complete Digital Photography (Graphics Series)
This is more of a complete guide for beginner, intermediate and some advanced. Deals mainly with DSLR. If you have a point and shoot camera, get one of the other three books instead.
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Amazon Price: $26.39 (as of 11/14/2009)
