Take Better Pictures Now: Four Tips to Make Your Photography Great!

Have you ever wondered why some people take better pictures than others? Whether they are documenting a birthday party, or taking pictures of a landscape, they are able to make a striking image. Following a few tips, you will be able to make some of these images yourself, and increase the quality of your images.

Exposure. Exposure helps to make your images look the way you see it. If exposure is too bright, then everything looks washed out, and the colors are too white. If a picture is underexposed, everything is too dark, and the highlights are not shown. Most point and shoot cameras automatically adjust for this, but some colors may still be washed out. The solution is simple; find your camera's exposure settings, make it expose for the lightest part of the scene, and use your flash. This will allow for a properly exposed background while illumanting your subject.

Composition. The composition of your photograph is very important. Placing your subject directly in the middle of a photograph makes it boring. When taking a picture of something, place is about 1/3 of the way to the top or bottom of the picture, and 1/3 of the way to the left or right. Horizon lines should be placed so the trisect the pictures, not go through the middle. The eyes of a person should be at a 1/3 line.

Straight lines. Make sure that the composition is straight. A photograph that is slightly unlevel will make seem unnatural to the viewer, and will make it displeasing. Making sure the photograph is level helps to improves the quality of the overall image.

Cropping. The place where people are cut off in the photo is very important. Never cut off right at joints; uusually it is best to cut off between them. Keep a full head in the photo, especially if the rest of the body is in it. Make sure there is room to breath around the subject, otherwise the photograph will look cluttered and claustrophobic. Cropping can easily be done with the zoom function, and made smaller with some minor editing.