Learning Digital Photography - Tips For a Beginner
Digital cameras may seem confusing and complicated, but to let you know that you have made a wise investment.
To truly take advantage of your investment you have to learn how to use it correctly.
1.
First and foremost to learn how to use your new camera correctly, you have to read the manual.
Believe it or not but that big book that came with your camera does include some pretty valuable information in it, go figure.
Digital cameras come with such a variety of settings and options to help anyone from someone picking up a camera for the first time ever to a seasoned veteran, learn how to take some amazing photographs.
Of course, you truly need to know how to use them to take advantage of them! Your camera I'm sure has various timers, macro settings, lighting and flash settings, possibly even video settings to allow you to capture live video as well.
Take some time to explore and fool around with the various features as they provide so much more flexibility and creativity.
2.
Make sure you have a good charge.
Keep your battery charged at all times.
If you can afford to spend some money on a spare battery, don't hesitate, do it! Imagine yourself out on a nice long hike, and on the trail you come across a baby dear walking alongside the trail.
You slowly bring your camera up to shooting position, flick the switch to turn the power on, and nothing happens.
This would ruin your hike and you'll would be so disappointed that you didn't get that shot.
This wouldn't have happened with a freshly charged battery or having a spare handy in case you use all the juice in your primary battery.
3.
Learn about lighting.
I'm not saying to go out and buy a bunch of expensive lights, and carry around a studio with you to take a picture, but just learn and experiment.
All digital cameras have atleast some different settings that allow you some flexibility for different lighting situations.
Experimenting with these different settings will change how an image appears, so learn which ones are best for each situation.
You can also play with each one to create some very interesting shots.
If your batteries are freshly charged and you have a spare, then you after taking a shot you should review it on your LCD screen.
You want to ensure that you do get the shot that you wanted to before moving on.
You also want to make sure that you have enough space on your memory card.
Having a spare memory card isn't a bad idea either.
You can pick on up pretty darn cheap nowadays with many gigabytes of space available.
The main convenience of digital photography is that experimenting with different shots isn't expensive, you don't have to worry about film and developing costs.
All that you need to do is take your shot, review it and if you like it keep it and if not delete.
It's that simple.
To truly take advantage of your investment you have to learn how to use it correctly.
1.
First and foremost to learn how to use your new camera correctly, you have to read the manual.
Believe it or not but that big book that came with your camera does include some pretty valuable information in it, go figure.
Digital cameras come with such a variety of settings and options to help anyone from someone picking up a camera for the first time ever to a seasoned veteran, learn how to take some amazing photographs.
Of course, you truly need to know how to use them to take advantage of them! Your camera I'm sure has various timers, macro settings, lighting and flash settings, possibly even video settings to allow you to capture live video as well.
Take some time to explore and fool around with the various features as they provide so much more flexibility and creativity.
2.
Make sure you have a good charge.
Keep your battery charged at all times.
If you can afford to spend some money on a spare battery, don't hesitate, do it! Imagine yourself out on a nice long hike, and on the trail you come across a baby dear walking alongside the trail.
You slowly bring your camera up to shooting position, flick the switch to turn the power on, and nothing happens.
This would ruin your hike and you'll would be so disappointed that you didn't get that shot.
This wouldn't have happened with a freshly charged battery or having a spare handy in case you use all the juice in your primary battery.
3.
Learn about lighting.
I'm not saying to go out and buy a bunch of expensive lights, and carry around a studio with you to take a picture, but just learn and experiment.
All digital cameras have atleast some different settings that allow you some flexibility for different lighting situations.
Experimenting with these different settings will change how an image appears, so learn which ones are best for each situation.
You can also play with each one to create some very interesting shots.
If your batteries are freshly charged and you have a spare, then you after taking a shot you should review it on your LCD screen.
You want to ensure that you do get the shot that you wanted to before moving on.
You also want to make sure that you have enough space on your memory card.
Having a spare memory card isn't a bad idea either.
You can pick on up pretty darn cheap nowadays with many gigabytes of space available.
The main convenience of digital photography is that experimenting with different shots isn't expensive, you don't have to worry about film and developing costs.
All that you need to do is take your shot, review it and if you like it keep it and if not delete.
It's that simple.
