Photography Tips

Ah, photography. It's an amazing hobby, career, activity. I love to take pictures of anything and everything. I hope to be a professional photographer some day, I'm passionate about it. Autumn is just around the corner, and it's the perfect time to get out there with your camera. The colors, animals, lighting, it makes for great photos! You can get some good shots on your own, but you can make them better if you know how to use your camera, settings, and if you're creative. Here's a few helpful tips...


1. Play around with the camera settings. Aperture, Shutter speed, Micro, etc. Take photos using the different settings and learn what they do.

2. Flash. It exists for a reason. Use the flash if you are in a dark area, your photos will come out lighter. If it's dark outside and it's snowing, use the flash and you'll get some amazing shots!

3.Rule of Thirds. Make sure to have a point of your subject on the rule of thirds. If your subject is a human or animal, it works well to have one of their eyes on a rule of thirds point. Not sure what the Rule of Thirds is? No need to worry, click HERE

4.Perspective. Lay on the ground, crouch down, or tower over objects to change the view points of your pictures. If you always take pictures standing up, they will all be from the same point of view. Laying down could get you covered in dirt, but you'll take amazing photos! You could make a small twig look like a huge tree just by changing perspective.

5.Watch the lighting. Light affects your photos. A lot. When taking a photo of someone, don't face the camera towards the sun, this can cast a shadow over the subject. If you face away from the sun, your picture will come out much better. If you want a picture with spectrum, face the sun and you'll get the light rays.

6. Get closer or farther away from your subject. Don't put your camera in a flower, but also don't stand five feet away. Change the distance between you and your subject to get the picture you want.

7. Background matters. Watch you background, you don't want it to distract from the subject. Sometimes your background will even be in better focus than the subject, so be watchful for that.

8. ISO. Change the ISO according to the lightness or darkness around you. If it's super sunny, don't have your ISO set to 1600! Dark and can't see much, and your ISO is set to 100? Bad idea! You've got to pay attention to that. Need help knowing what to set the ISO to? Click HERE


These simple tips will make your photos SO much better! These photos were taken by me, a few of them were taken today!