Friday, May 16, 2008

How to Deliver Your Perfect Shots Using Digital Photography

Trial and error is familiarized by so many photographers who try to find the perfect shot out of their work. But these times are gone. Photographers had to take several shots and develop them to find out if a fine or even perfect image was taken.

In the present day, many individuals who have decided to shift from an old SLR models to digital ones. With DSLRs, they can spend more time to concentrate in taking those great pictures. If those pictures do not meet their standards can be deleted right away.

SLR stands for Single Lens Reflex. The name connotes the use of lenses and a mirror. Mirror reflects light entering the lens up into the view finder. Thus, a photographer can estimate how the picture will appear when the film is developed. Moreover, a SLR camera uses separate lenses that can be flip-flopped depending on the resolution needed. Hence, this camera can be used to capture image with varying depths. Similarly, a digital SLR or DSLR camera uses lenses and mirror. But rather than a conventional film used to capture the image, a DSLR camera uses light sensor chips and digital memory. Put it this way, a DSLR camera is the computerised variation of the conventional SLR camera.

However, the functions of these models are rather different so it is recommended that users should spend time playing with their device. Owners should use that “trial and error” technique by taking a few shots and storing better quality pictures. Eventually, they will get familiarized with their tool.

Photographer who decides to use these kinds of cameras should really invest on memory cards and lenses. Thus, if they happen to become professionals someday, additional equipment will surely keep them busy for choosing photography as their career.

Here are some tips that will by all odds assist owners of DSLR cameras to deliver a perfect image using state of the art digital photography gadget.

1. The law of photo shooting remains the same whether using an the conventional or a digital camera. For example, if the sun is behind the image, the picture will appear in silhouette. If light is in front of the image, the picture will appear squint unless there are sunglasses on.
2. Use your sunglass to act as a polarizer to take away unnecessary reflections from blazing objects.
3. In a conventional manner, people will take full body shots against a backdrop, but it is advised to take a shot from shoulders up because image of those will appear really small.
4. If the above technique happens to be really difficult for you, you can take a shot of the person at one side rather than at the center. Then the owner can just zoom in so the person appears to be at the center.
5. Change your white balance setting from auto mode to cloudy when shooting outdoor portraits or at bright landscapes.
6. You can make use of sunglasses to increase the exposure of objects.
7. When using a polarizer, be sure that the source of light is perpendicular to the object.
8. Do not use the flash mode when the backdrop is already bright.
9. Zoom in to put emphasize on certain asset or characteristic of the subject being captured.
10. Practice. Practice. Practice.

It is suffice to say that practice is what really makes perfect shots!
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