Digital Photography for Beginners: Seven Ways to Beat the Learning Curve

Even the most accomplished photographers who'veloved one's ears ... a bicycle protruding from the
moved into the digital age experienced an awkwardbride's backside ... the potential disasters of
first time, a dreaded beginner's learning curve. Youbackground "noise" are endless. Always check before
don't have to face your digital future with fear andyou click!5. Digitals Hate the NightJust believe it. You'll
dread! Here are seven quick tips to make your newwant to use a tripod if you do a lot of night shots.
photographic venture quite painless:1. StartEven with a "night" setting, which most basic digital
SimplyConsider an inexpensive digital that will let youcameras have, you're apt to get blurred photos as
practice techniques using basic and automaticthe camera races against itself to manage the dim
settings, including auto-flash and video display. Youlight.6. Move AroundThere's no better time to
can easily move up to more complex models as youexperiment with perspective, light and color than
become more comfortable with the technology.2.when you're starting out. Move around your subject
Step Into the Light!One common characteristic ofto test your camera angles, your perspectives and
digital cameras is a small built-in flash that struggles into know both opportunities and limitations your digital
what you'd usually consider adequate lighting forpresents.7. Watch the Sun and ShadowsEven using
decent pictures. Always automatically ask for thean automatic flash adjuster, shooting into the sun on
maximum amount of available light anytime you'rea blazing summer's day or giving in to your subject's
shooting inside.3. Get Up-Front and PersonalGettingnatural move to shade his eyes or face, will likely
closer to your subject helps shed extra light on thegive your digital photograph either so much light that
subject, improves contrast and definition, andall contrast is obscured, or else a zebra-like quality
self-edits those sometimes bizarre backgroundthat detracts from the subject itself. Practice moving
elements that can ruin a photo.4. Study theup close, keeping the sun behind you, or choose
BackgroundPoles rising from a politician's head ...lightly shaded areas in which to shoot human subjects
telephone wires seeming to extend out of youroutdoors.