Photography Tips

I like to take pictures a lot of the time and thought it might be helpful if I shared some of my tips and if you have any please leave a comment.

Shoot a Mixture

This may seem odd but is actually a good tip because when you shoot a lot of photo’s of one thing I can seem to get a bit repetitive and shooting in a verity of styles helps you to get to know a bit more about your camera which you can implement in to other photo’s.

Plain Background

Messy backgrounds can often cause the image to be ruined because the viewer gets distracted. Try to make the background blurred and one colour.

Colour

Make sure the colours are well represented. The colours don’t always have to be vivid if a shot has bland grey colours it make it seem more sad, try to use the colours to enhance the effect.

Polarising Filter

A polarising filter is an great way to put more colour in to your shots and is great for taking landscape.

Tripod

A tripod can help in a dark situation, it is also great if you need two hands and is great if you are interacting with people. A really nice way to use it is to put it on timer and walk away form the camera so none expects it to take a photo and that way you get more natural shots of people.

Flash

I find flash really unattractive indoors it makes everything white, but if you use it outside it helps to light up their face. If you are like me find yourself taking shots indoors a lot of the time but need to use the flash because it is so dark, why not get a Lightsphere?? it helps defuse the light and has a verity of lids you can buy to change the effect.

The Grid

Imagine a tic-tac-toe grid and don’t place the main feature in the centre put it a little off centre. This seems very obvious but it is amazing how effective it can be.