Thursday, March 22, 2012

Photography Tips

I offer here a few tips (in no particular order) for taking better photographs…

The Sun is not your friend!

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Photos taken in bright sunlight rarely turn out well. Posing these dancers in the shade would have eliminated the annoying harsh shadows falling across their faces. Fill Flash on this camera was no match for the Big Bad Sun!

Turn off your flash!

Turn Off Flash

This pair of photos taken in the basement family room of The “L” Shaped House nicely illustrate the limits of a small on camera flash. It is especially important to realize that these kinds of flash units only “reach out” about 10’ in front of the photographer.

Stand in front of more Interesting Stuff!

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National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson supposedly said “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” My friend Dan Pratt took this photo of the Brown Bears at the Minnesota Zoo using a small point and shoot camera. I’m pretty sure that although these two bears have been photographed thousands of times (with far better cameras) you will agree this is a particularly nice picture of them. Dan’s secret…he waited until they were doing “something interesting”.

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