Monday, 8 October 2012

Techniques And Strategies For Taking Professional Pictures

By Jessie Francese


Since you already have a concept on the way to get started with taking professional pictures, it's definitely more enjoyable and exciting when you know some techniques and tricks on how to take spectacular digital shots that will be worth keeping or sharing. Wouldn't it be great when photos of your holiday and rare special moments are taken creatively and professionally?

Here are 5 suggestions to undertake it:

1. Switch off the flash

Among the finest developments in modern photography today is the coming of digital camera models with automatic settings and presets which let you take photos directly. The only thing that demands a user's decision is to turn the flash off. Auto flash settings may turn on despite having sufficient lighting. The trouble sets in as when using the flash often may ruin photo quality. So, if you'd like your subjects to be professionally photographed, simply set the proper exposure settings and manually turn off the flash because there's a tendency that it turns on automatically.

2. Choose the vertical view

Handy or pocket-sized digital camera models for example, the Point and Shoot type are designed to be held horizontally. People also are likely to hold a camera that way because it is much easier to hold it in a steady manner. But it's actually not the only strategy to hold it. There may be instances when your subject does not fit into the frame and you really have to hold it vertically. Holding it vertically while getting a shot of your subject may surprise you with professional-looking photos.

3. Don't neglect the rule of thirds

The rule of thirds certainly is the rule of thumb in photography. You can see this in virtually all professional works of art. The idea here is usually to divide the photo into thirds in three equal rows and three equal vertical columns. Placing the points of interest toward the intersection of the lines for the most part creates presentable results.

4. Try to be close to your subject

Oftentimes, the easy way to identify a great photographer is the way he calculates his distance from his subject. Good photographers stand close enough to their subject to get a better snapshot. If normally you're taking snapshots of people, you might need to go nearer to them to capture the true, vivid smiles on their faces. This is among the finest features of DSLR's as this type of camera allows capturing close-up photos of persons or moving objects using the magical standard zoom lens without moving the digital camera.

5. Take advantage of the telephoto lens

Using wide-angle lens alone to take a close-up photo could end up with pictures looking distorted. To resolve this problem, make use of a telephoto lens to take a zoomed-in picture of your subject and take professional pictures without the wide-angle distortion.




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