Ten Tips For Taking a
Great Photograph
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What is photography?
Why do we need photography?
10 tips for a great picture
Conclusion
References
What’s photography?
• It is writing with light.
• It is the instantaneous capture of a
moment in time, never to be repeated.
Why do we need photography?
• Recalling memories
• Studying
• Presentation
• Celebration
• Advertisement
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Look your subject in the eye
• Hold your camera at the subject’s eye
level
• Stoop down on their level to take the
picture
• Not necessary for subject to look directly
into the camera, the eye level will create a
personal and attractive feeling by itself.
Look your subject in the eye
Too high
Better
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Use a plain background
• Before taking a picture, check the area
behind your subject
Use a plain background
Distracting
background
Better
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Use flash outdoors
• Using your flash to light on the face
to reduce the shadow on the object’s
face
Use flash outdoors
Subject is
dark
Better
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Move in close
• Move closer to get more details from
the subject ( You can see the subject
clearer)
Move in close
Better
Good
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Move focal target away
from the middle
• Bring your picture to left or right side by
moving your subject away from the
middle of the background.
Move it from the middle
Ok
Better
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Lock the focus
• Lock the focus to create a sharp picture
of off-center subjects
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Center the subject
Press the shutter button half way down
Re-frame your picture
Finish by pressing the shutter button all the
way down
Lock the focus
Subject is not
in focus
Better
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Know your flash's range
• Pictures taken beyond the maximum
flash range will be too dark
• For many cameras, picture should be
taken only ten feet or about four steps
away
Know your flash's range
Without
flash
With flash
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Watch the light’s position
and time
• Great light makes great pictures. Study about
time and the effect of light in your picture
– Morning
• 6 am to 8 am (sun rising at 7:00)
– Evening
• 6 pm to 8 pm (sun setting at 7:00)
– Variation in sun and moon
• Use iPhone/iPad to determine exact path.
Watch the light
Dark
Better
10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Take some vertical pictures
• Many subjects will look better in a
vertical picture. (Not always horizontal)
Take some vertical pictures
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10 tips for a great picture
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Look your subject in the eye
Use a plain background
Use flash outdoors
Move in close
Move focal target away from the middle
Lock the focus
Know your flash's range
Watch the light’s position and time
Take some vertical pictures
Be a picture director
Be a picture director
• Look at your picture carefully and then
improve it. Take extra minutes to think
about putting more ideas into imaging
the picture such as choose location, add
props and do something to make picture
attracts people. (Create your own style in
taking picture)
Be a picture director
Ok
Better
Conclusion
• Are you ready to take a photograph?
References
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