How to take perfect pictures

Understand your camera

• You must first read the camera's 
• manual to learn the basic actions, like how to turn on flash,
• how to zoom in and zoom out, and how to use the shutter
• button.

Finding photo opportunities

• Take your camera everywhere with you. If you
• are on a trip, you have more opportunities of taking
• interesting, beautiful, eye-catching pictures. You
• will also get used to your cameras, so each time, you will
• take better pictures.

Finding photo opportunities (cont'd)

• Get outside! If you go outside, you will also have
• more picture opportunities and you will get used to
• the light in day and night, so you know when to zoom in,
• zoom out, flash on or flash off. Lighting is dramatic
• and will emphasize your picture!!

Taking care of your camera

• Make sure you clean your camera regularly,
• especially the lens. If they are dirty, you can 
• see smudges in the picture. Make sure your 
• fingers are not in the picture too! They block a
• part in the picture and no one wants to see that!

Set your balance

• Find your balance. If you are shaky, your
• picture will come out blurry and distorted.
• Also think of buying a tripod, a stand with three
• legs. It steadies the camera for you so you can be 
• comfortable. Steady it, and snap! There is your shot.

Set your balance (cont'd)

• Try NOT using a tripod. That way, you can
• find your balance quicker and it will get
• way more easier to find your balance.
• You also have to hold the camera properly. With your left
•  hand, cup the lens from the bottom and snap with your right hand!

Think about your photos.

• Imagine the picture before you take it. That way,
• when you take it, you are satisfied with your picture
• instead of deleting it and starting over. The good ways
• of taking a picture is to angle it so you don't get window glares,
• and make sure the background isn't distracting and cluttered..

Fill your frame

• Fill in your frame with the subject. Sometimes,
• when a subject is too far away, it isn't as attractive.
• It also sometimes makes the subject more prettier  
• if you do it on an angle. Focus on your subject, too.
• Bad focus makes the picture blurry and unfocused.

Look through your pictures

• As you look through your pictures, you can 
• pick which ones are the best and which ones 
• are not as good. You can delete the bad pictures
• and choose the better pictures. In that way you
• have better pictures AND you are organized.

look at your pictures later

• If you take a picture and look at it right away,
• you might miss a special moment or a great opportunity
• for a great picture. Look at your pictures after you are 
• done taking pictures. In that way, you don't miss a nice
• photo opportunity.

get books

• Books can help you take better pictures, because
• they can give you excellent tips about taking pictures.
• If you look at pictures that photographers took, you 
• will get more inspired and even develop your own ideas to 
• take a perfect picture.

ASK PERMISSION

• When you are taking a picture of somebody,
• ask for permission first. This is due to a safety
• rule, so if someone doesn't want to be in a picture, 
• don't take a picture of them.

get inspired

• Look through the Internet and books to
• look for wonderful and beautiful 
• pictures. In that way, you get inspired to
• take more pictures and try new ways of
• taking good and satisfying pictures.

variation

• Use different kinds of effects to make it
• cool and even more eye-catching! A little
• black and white or vintage and retro won't
• hurt. Do it for fun or to spice up the picture.

lighting

• Try using flash in the day. It will fill in 
• the shadows and instead of making the  
• picture brighter. Trust me, it works!

SHADE

• Sometimes, shade can help you with your
• pictures. When you use a little bit of shade,
• the picture looks more dramatic.

That is the end!