How To Take Better Photographs

Understanding Your Camera

• Read the manual to learn
• Learn what each controt, button, and menu does.
• Learn the basic actions on the camera such as flash and zoom
• Learn about shutter and aperature.

Getting Started

• Set the camera's resolution to take high quality photos at the highest resolution possible.
• Low resolution photos look bad.
• Get a bigger memory card for high resolution photos.
• Use the fine quality setting.
• Play with the auto mode then move to more manual modes.
• Play with manual if photos become poorly focused or exposed.

Finding Photo Opportunities

• Take your camera everywhere.
• If you have your camera all the time you can get every opportunity for photos.
• Remember to bring spare batteries.
• Go out and take photos.

Using Your Camera

• Keep the lens clear of anything that will obscure your photo.
• Set your white balance.
• White balance must be fixed in different lightings.
• The default is "auto" on the camera.
• Set a slower ISO speed if needed.
• Slower ISO makes less noisier photos.
• If slow ISO must be slow shutter speed also.

Taking Good Photographs

• Compose your shot thoughtfully.
• Frame the photo in your mind in the view finder.
• Try not to let anything cut the picture in half (horizon lines).
• Don't have distracting backgrounds clutter.
• Try to blur the background for a better effect.
• Fill the frame with your subject.\
• Try different angles.
• Focus is key
• Only manual focus if auto is having issues.
• Balance in ISO, Shutter, and Aperture
• ^ These will effect the photo tremendously.

Avoiding Blurry Photos

• Keep still
• Maybe use a tripod
• Use image stabilization
• Zoom out
• Hold the camera at two points away from its center.
• Prop up on something.
• Relax when you push the shutter button.

Using the Flash

• Avoid red eyes.
• Red eye happens when your eyes dilate in lower lighting.
• Only use flash when you have to.
• Flash can make pictures ugly in poor light.

Keeping Organized and Gaining Experience

• Go through your photos.
• Judge your photos brutally.
• Keep practicing.
• Take a lot of photos.