Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures

1. Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures A Presentation in Part by Kodak

2. Tip #1 – Look Your Subject in the Eye • Hold Camera at person’s eye level • Creates a personal and inviting feel to the picture • You may have to “stoop”

3. Tip #1 – Look Your Subject in the Eye • Examples Good BETTER

4. Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background • Is better for showing your subject (not distracting) • No crowds, poles, or distracting scenes in the background • Solid colours (if possible) • Easier to use Photoshop

5. Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background • Examples Good BETTER

6. Tip #2 – Use a Plain Background • Try it yourself • http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=729

7. Tip #3 – Use Flash Outdoors • Bright sun can create unattractive deep facial shadows • Eliminate them by using a flash • Turn flash off on overcast days (it just might work)

8. Tip #3 – Use Flash Outdoors • Examples What were you thinking?! BETTER

9. Tip #4 – Move in Close • If object is smaller then a car, move in closer • Fill picture area with your subject (let’s see those freckles and dimples!) • Don’t get too close (blurry)

10. Tip #4 – Move in Close • Examples Good BETTER

11. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle • Center stage is good for a performer… not necessarily for a picture • Use the Tic-Tac-Toe method (Rule of Thirds) • Place subject at one of the intersections

12. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle • Rule of Thirds

13. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle • Examples Good BETTER

14. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

15. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle

16. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle • Other examples

17. Tip #5 – Move it from the Middle • Try it yourself • http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=730

18. Tip #6 – Lock the Focus • If subject is not in the centre you will need to lock the focus • Auto-focus will focus on center of picture, not good if moving subject off centre • You can lock the focus in three steps • Centre the subject and hold the shutter button down HALF WAY. • Reposition camera (while holding the button) • Press button the rest of the way

19. Tip #6 – Lock the Focus • Examples Not Good BETTER

20. Tip #6 – Lock the Focus • Try it yourself • http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=731

21. Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range • Pictures taken too far will be dark • Pictures taken too close will be too bright • Take some practice shots • Position subjects so they will be no further than 10 feet (1 Step = 3 Feet)

22. Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range • Examples Bad BETTER

23. Tip #7 – Know your Flash Range • Try it yourself • http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/39/317/670/732&pq-locale=en_US

24. Tip #8 – Watch the Light • Next to the subject, the most important part of every picture is the light. It affects the appearance of everything you photograph. On a great-grandmother, bright sunlight from the side can enhance wrinkles. But the soft light of a cloudy day can subdue those same wrinkles.

25. Tip #8 – Watch the Light • If you do not like the light then reposition yourself or move your subjects • Early in the morning or late in the day can produce a nice orangish sky.

26. Tip #8 – Watch the Light • Examples Good Also Good

27. Tip #8 – Watch the Light • Try it yourself • http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=733

28. Tip #9 – Take Some Vertical Pictures • Vertical pictures can give a different perspective on a subject • Can also emphasize the size of an object (building, cliff, etc…)

29. Tip #9 – Take Some Vertical Pictures • Examples

30. Tip #10 – Be a Picture Director • Take charge of the picture • Pick the location • Add props • Arrange people

31. Tip #10 – Be a Picture Director

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37. And now… for this year’s theme • PHOTOGRAPH!