Initially people adopt photography in two manners. First type of people buy a camera and start clicking on, which is also a correct way to practice on it, and other type of people first learn how to take pictures and basics of camera and its accessories. The people of first category start clicking without the basic knowledge as how and why any part of camera works and could not succeed to take good pictures for long time. But the people of second category succeed in this skill much earlier than the first one as they have started with proper technique and style.
How To Take Pictures
It is usually understood that taking pictures has no complication
in it as one can learn photography by clicking at camera anywhere he wants.
But, like other skills, photography has to be understood and practiced
extensively to take pictures and be a better and skilled photographer. While
learning to take pictures one has to follow certain steps and avoid certain
usual mistakes to be able to take good pictures.
Steps to know how to take pictures:
- First of all, to understand how to take pictures, you should go
through the manual provided with the camera to get well versed with its parts
and techniques used in using this device. You can get the theoretical knowledge
of using different parts of the device like flash, buttons, auto modes etc.
- Adjusting the resolutions of the camera is the second step that
has to be followed according to the manual provided by the manufacturer of the
camera. This adjustment enables the camera to take pictures of good quality.
- After adjusting the resolution of the camera you have to start
its automatic mode, in order to know how to take pictures in better
environment, which enables the camera to make certain basic adjustments
automatically like automatic focusing, adjusting flash lights automatically
etc. which ensures better quality to your pictures than manually operated
cameras.
- After making all the adjustments and settings you are free to
move on with your camera and click on your friends, family and all around where
you want to go as you have nothing to worry much about how to take snaps. Click
on and on to get experienced to all type of lighting adjustments which will
automatically let you understand the working and probabilities of your camera
to use it more efficiently to take
- You might not be that good in taking good pictures till now as
how to take pictures needs much of experience and practice. Your family and
friends will adjusting with your passion to click on them every now and then
and you will be able to click on their natural poses.
- As practice makes a man perfect, thus you should go out and
expose as many shots as you can, if you have a digital camera, as they will let
you understand more about how to take pictures with or without making any
setting of the situations. Some natural posing pictures like eating, sleeping
or dancing person can give an unusual experience as lights at these moments
make a dramatic effect on the subjects.
Apart from the basic knowledge to take good pictures, the
knowledge of certain technical parts is also necessary to take good quality
pictures.
Technical steps to know how to take good pictures
- While learning how to take pictures one must also be familiar
with the utility of other parts of camera like lens, batteries, light balance
settings etc. which need much of your attention while using it to take good
quality pictures. Lens of camera is its main part which ensures the quality of
the picture. It should remain clear from straps, caps, thumb or any other kind
of hindrance while clicking for a quality picture otherwise it may get ruined.
This problem is faced more in film camera photography as in digital cameras you
can observe on its preview screen about any obstruction hindering a photograph.
- Adjusting white balance is another technical aspect that affects
how to take pictures with good quality. We can see white on any surface as
white with our naked eye but the digital cameras are provided with various
modes to adjust the white balance settings like Auto mode, Daylight, Cloudy and
Tungsten. Apart from other white balance settings, Tungsten setting makes much
difference on the quality of picture as it balance the white light towards blue
to adjust the redness of any kind in the lighting. Balancing white is, thus, a
basic necessity to take a good picture.
- ISO speed setting is another technical aspect of photography
that affects the quality of pictures clicked by you. Usually slow speed ISO is
preferred to take pictures of still objects as it restrains you to take
pictures of moving objects. It ensures quality pictures of still objects, as
they need slowest speed of ISO, with better results.
- Composition of shots is another technical step that has to be
taken care before taking a picture. You should visualize the shot in your mind
while considering how to take pictures, before clicking on it. You should peep
into the viewfinder and try to eliminate distracting backgrounds and confusing
things from the site to make it a perfect picture. For instance, if a something
appears to be growing from the head of a subject to be clicked at, you should
move the directions of your camera to take it out of focus.
- Distractions should not be discarded all the times as they may
add to the context of the picture with the background to take off boring
content from the picture. Some things that may be looking odd in the situation
of a picture but they can add to its color, contrast or context.
How To Take Pictures – The Conclusion
Thus, learning how to take pictures is not linked only with
learning of basic concepts of photography but also with the technical knowledge
too to take good quality pictures that can be preserved as memories of the
pleasant moments of your life.
