Vacation Picture Basics

Portraits – A family is on vacation and wants to get a nice portrait shot with the wondrous background scene. The problem is when the family gets home and looks at the portrait and realizes that they tried to get too much background into the shot and they can barely tell who is in the… Continue reading Vacation Picture Basics

Tips For Better Quality Photographs

  * Take high-resolution photos. Getting more images on your memory card in the past was an issue because they were expensive. Today, you can get very large memory cards at a fraction of the cost. If you are only interested in putting your photo’s on the Web or e-mailing to family and friends, by… Continue reading Tips For Better Quality Photographs

Tips for photographing people

  *Get in there to get the shot. If you see something interesting, don’t be satisfied with just a wide shot. Get closer and closer until you can capture the essence of the shot. * Look for objects that make sense in the picture in your foreground. Be careful not to let the object overpower… Continue reading Tips for photographing people

Crop, Crop and Crop

I see alot of raw photographs as I sift through literally hundreds and hundreds of family beach pictures every day. A big misconception is that because you are being photographed by a professional photographer, that the photos come out of the camera and are ready to hand to the customer. Nothing could be farther from… Continue reading Crop, Crop and Crop

The Best Photography Tips

1. “Photoshop is cheating”, Strive to take ‘good’ photos, rather than photos that I can ‘improve’ later on. 2. If your photo is not good, you are probably not close enough! 3. When shooting portraits in bright sunlight use a flash to reduce facial shadows. 4. Have the subject stand with their body at a… Continue reading The Best Photography Tips

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