How to take better pictures

By John O’Connor

Learn how to use your camera!

• The best camera to use is the one you have with you!

• Understand what your camera can do and what it can’t do (Cell phone –vs-DSLR)

• Learn how to use your camera’s settings

• Practice, Practice, Practice the more pictures you take the more you will understand what works and what doesn’t

• Keep your camera CLEAN! Especially the Lens.

Think about what you are taking a picture ofFocused on the subjects action. Stopping the action. Fast shutter speed.

Focused on the subject, watching the action. Slow shutter speed

Vertical

Horizontal

Watch the BACKGROUND! Move closer or a try a different angle, better yet ………Don’t position your subjects poorly

So that trees don’t bisect their heads, or so that branches grow out of them

Move THEM! A clean simple background can make all the difference in the world!

Learn how to use the FLASH!

Too Much Just Right

Save and Organize your Pictures Regularly!Download and save your pictures to your computer or device oftenThen you can erase your memory cards and use them againThis will save space on your memory card so you don’t run out!Create a file system so that you can locate your pictures easilyTry not to delete the picture files with the camera. Delete the files

AFTER you have downloaded them to your computer.Backup and copy your picture files to a external hard drive ,a CD or a

DVD, the cloud is an option as well. DON’T LOSE THEM! If it was important enough to take a picture of at the time, it is important enough to find the time to save it!

Thank you! Family Pictures are Treasures!

All photographs by John O’Connor