They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but that doesn’t mean those words are good ones. A poor photo will have people focusing on its quality rather than the memory it was intended to capture. So what can you do to take better looking photos? Here are some tips to get you started.

When you have to rely on steadying your hand instead of using a tripod, use your body to keep it straight. What you need to do to steady your hand when taking a picture is dig your elbow into your body for support and to steady it. This will keep it from shaking.

Learn to turn your camera on it’s side. If the subject that you are shooting is taller than it is wide, then use your camera to make it take up more of the frame. Turn your camera on it’s side and take a vertical picture instead of the traditional horizontal one.

Produce black and white photos with more clarity and impact by shooting original pictures in color and converting them to black and white on your computer. Computer image editing software often gives you much more control than your camera’s black and white filter.

Do not trust the appearance of the photo on your camera’s LCD screen. Any picture that you take and look at on a two or three inch screen is going to look sharp. If you are taking a shot that you do not want to take the chance of messing up, zoom in and look closely at every pixel to make sure that it is as you want it to be.

Tell a story! Think about the story behind the photo before you take it. It will not only give your photo more meaning to you, but it will give your viewer a story line to imagine as they take in your photo. No photo is meaningless, but a picture with a story is captivating!

If you are shooting in poor mid-day sun, position your subject to face away from the sun. Hard light from the sun can cause shadows that will likely ruin the picture. Putting your subject in a way that they are facing away from the sun puts their face in the shade and then you can over-expose the picture so the face is just right.

With this newfound information about photography, you are well on your way to taking better shots. You will enjoy spending less time deleting pictures and rustling through the catalog looking for the right picture. Just apply this information to what you already know and watch your photographs come to life.

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