Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures A Presentation in Part by Kodak

Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

A Presentation in Part by Kodak

Tip #1 – Look Your Subject in the Eye

Hold Camera at person’s eye level Creates a personal and inviting feel to the

picture You may have to “stoop”

Tip #1 – Look Your Subject in the Eye

Examples

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Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background

Is better for showing your subject (not distracting)

No crowds, poles, or distracting scenes in the background

Solid colours (if possible) Easier to use Photoshop

Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background

Examples

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Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background

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Tip #3 – Use Flash Outdoors

Bright sun can create unattractive deep facial shadows

Eliminate them by using a flash Turn flash off on overcast days (it just

might work)

Tip #3 – Use Flash Outdoors

Examples

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Tip #4 – Move in Close

If object is smaller then a car, move in closer

Fill picture area with your subject (let’s see those freckles and dimples!)

Don’t get too close (blurry)

Tip #4 – Move in Close

Examples

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Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

Center stage is good for a performer… not necessarily for a picture

Use the Tic-Tac-Toe method (Rule of Thirds)

Place subject at one of the intersections

Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

Rule of Thirds

Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

Examples

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Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

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Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

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Tip #6 – Lock the Focus

If subject is not in the centre you will need to lock the focus

Auto-focus will focus on center of picture, not good if moving subject off centre

You can lock the focus in three stepsCentre the subject and hold the shutter button

down HALF WAY.Reposition camera (while holding the button)Press button the rest of the way

Tip #6 – Lock the Focus

Examples

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Tip #6 – Lock the Focus

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Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range

Pictures taken too far will be dark Pictures taken too close will be too bright Take some practice shots Position subjects so they will be no further

than 10 feet (1 Step = 3 Feet)

Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range

Examples

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Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range

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Tip #8 – Watch the Light

Next to the subject, the most important part of every picture is the light. It affects the appearance of everything you photograph. On a great-grandmother, bright sunlight from the side can enhance wrinkles. But the soft light of a cloudy day can subdue those same wrinkles.

Tip #8 – Watch the Light

If you do not like the light then reposition yourself or move your subjects

Early in the morning or late in the day can produce a nice orangish sky.

Tip #8 – Watch the Light

Examples

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Tip #8 – Watch the Light

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Tip #9 – Take Some Vertical Pictures

Vertical pictures can give a different perspective on a subject

Can also emphasize the size of an object (building, cliff, etc…)

Tip #9 – Take Some Vertical Pictures

Examples

Tip #10 – Be a Picture Director

Take charge of the picture Pick the location Add props Arrange people

Tip #10 – Be a Picture Director

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