Friday, August 20, 2010

Ten tips on how to improve your photographic skills

I'm no Henri Cartier Bresson and Annie Liebowitz, but I'm taking pictures since I was a kid and still my primary camera, the Brownie Hawkeye is sitting on a shelf in my office. I can with photos, articles and press releases to accompany writing for my company. I published a success in many works in recent decades ago. Following some simple rules of photography, you may also enjoy success in the publication of histo work.

Consumer cameras with good resolution are so at this time that a camera that could buy for their public relations be recovered reasonably quickly. The model I Canon Powershot 750, publications paid off almost immediately, from the photos (and video), I took is that appeared in various print and online. If you have been sitting on the fence, waiting for better prices, you can now directly, a goodsmall camera and begins to break.

Once you have camera in hand, you're ready to get some pictures. Henri Cartier-Bresson, perhaps the greatest photographers of the 20th Century, said: "Do not take the picture. The picture is me." For him it was a matter of geometry, sensitivity, spontaneity and intuition. One of his most famous images, "Behind the station," shows that he called the decisive moment. "Seems to jump a man in halfmore reflective of a pond and everything is organized in a very balanced picture.

So how to achieve this kind of balance in his photographs of people like to capture the decisive moment?

Here are some tips that will help improve the quality of your photos.

1) fill the frame with your subject. Most amateurs make the mistake of too much headroom. "Get closer to your subjects and remove excess sky or ceiling.

2) If you are takingoutdoor scenes reminiscent of the sun behind them. The best time is to photograph the hours after dawn, the time and just before sunset, the time as our "gold".

3) When the people in photographs, he does in his eyes. These include children, so if you are under you, then crunch down.

4) When you pull in, you can create a flash in certain situations, for example, if the subject wears a hat with a brim that is causingShadow on the face, or when the sun shadows on buildings or people.

5) When using the shooting in low light, a tripod. If you do not have a tripod so the camera on a stable surface and use it as a tripod.

6) mainly because 35mm film is a thing of the past, and most are equipped with digital cameras can now take the picture as often as necessary until you feel satisfied with his shot fired.

7) During the filming of people in action, make surecover in two directions, vertical and horizontal. Depending on who to build your story and photos, may prefer one over another.

8) When you photograph people who do not know, it's best to ask permission. If ever the intention to sell the photos, so be sure and get a release from their subjects. Here you will find general forms of the release of Google search for "photo release, and only a few copies in the photo portfolio.

9) Several publications such as the use of photosPeople who are unrecognizable. For example, if you have pictures of obese people watching, could provide photos of people from the shoulder down, or taken from behind them. In this case, not every form of liberation.

10) to sites like Flickr and Picasa Go to the work of other photographers to see. Much can be done with the question of why he dislikes you and get some photos.

Now go and take pictures!

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