11 Photography tips aimed at helping you take better pictures. This presentation covers composition, lighting, filters and more.

1. Photography Tips A few tips for capturing quality photos

2. 1. The Rule of Thirds A picture can be divided up into thirds. The important elements should be placed where these lines intersect.

3. 1. The Rule of Thirds

4. 1. The Rule of Thirds

5. You can also arrange areas into bands occupying a third or place things along an imaginary line.

12. 2. Warm Up Those Tones For outdoor portraits and sunny landscapes change the white balance: Auto Cloudy Auto Landscape

13. 2. Warm Up Those Tones Use the Landscape mode on the camera:

14. 2. Warm Up Those Tones Add punch to your images with a polarizing filter. Try using a pair of quality sunglasses. Simply put them in front on your lens.

15. The left picture was shot normally without any filtration. The right picture was shot with a polarizing filter. Note the enhanced colors and deeper sky tones. (Nikon D70s, polarize filter, Program mode)

16. (Nikon D70s, polarize filter, auto mode)

17. (Nikon D70s, no filter, auto mode)

18. (Nikon D70s, no filter, auto mode)

19. (Nikon D70s, polarize filter, auto mode)

20. 3. Outdoor Portraits That Shine Use the fill flash or flash on mode. Position the subject so the sun illuminates the hair from the side or the back. Put the subject in the shade under a tree, then use the flash to illuminate the subject.

21. By manually selecting the fill flash or changing angles, the flash fills in the dark foreground. (Nikon D70S, auto, flash on)

22. 4. Macro Madness Auto: Select macro mode and turn off the flash.

24. Nature looks much different, and sometimes more compelling, at close range.(Nykon D70s, auto, macro, flash off)

25. My finger helps to show perspective.

33. It’s hard to believe that those beautiful flowers came from here.

34. 5. Horizon Line Mayhem Be aware that it's important to capture your images as level as possible. Take a picture, reposition Practice level framing your shots

35. Look for nature's horizontal lines and use them as guides. You can use the line where the sky meets the horizon as your level.

37. 6. Massive Media Card/Batteries Additional memory card 3 megapixel camera……..256MB card 4 megapixel camera……..512MB card 6 megapixel and up……...1GB card Extra battery

38. 7. High Rez All the Way Use highest resolution Use highest quality compression Best for printing or cropping

43. 8. Tolerable Tripod Close ups Camera timer Slow shutter speed (Shooting at night) UltraPod II by Pedco (ranges from $15 to $25)

45. 10. Slow Motion Water This was shot in Auto mode but…

46. You can create motion in a still with moving water by mounting your camera on a tripod and slowing the shutter.

47. You can create motion in a still with moving water by mounting your camera on a tripod and slowing the shutter.

48. 11. Watch for “moments” There are times when things happen so quickly, there isn’t time to tweak any settings. Use the auto mode so you can concentrate on capturing the moment.

52. Have fun taking pictures!!!

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