Advances have been made so much in technology surrounding photography over the years with in introduction of digital photography. There is so much to be learn about photography, even with all of the point and shoot cameras available on the market today. Point and click cameras lead us to believe that all we have to do is pick up a camera shoot the picture and presto a work of art has been captured. Boy is that ever wrong. While these point and click cameras do offer so much in the lines of ease of use and convenience, capturing a high quality photo does require a bit more work than that.
It doesn't really matter if your camera that you have is a $100 point and click or the latest and greatest digital SLR with 85 megapixels you can take some great photos with either one.
The secret to taking great pictures is having sufficient lighting. I don't care how great your camera is with out sufficient lighting, your photos are only going to be so so. I'm going to include some of the secrets that the professionals keep to themselves that will help you make the most of your photos.
The time of the day that you take your pictures has a major impact on how your photos will turn out. Natural sunlight and light from say a halogen lamp have huge differences in your end result. You can take pictures indoors without any lights turned on, but have natural sunlight shining in and turn out with crystal clear photos. This can even be accomplished with the cheapest of digital cameras all the way up to the most expensive high end cameras on the market today. In fact telling the difference between the two can be very minimal if the megapixels are about the same on each. Natural daylight does wonders for your photos.
What about night time photos? Well without natural daylight available, you're going to have to depend on some good lighting. Digital cameras usually come with a built in flash, but they can only do so much. Many times, in low lighting situations, you'll end up with pictures that are too dark or even grainy or possibly both.Halogen lights work great if you want photos that are bright and clear. White halogens however seem to wash out photos, so you don't really end up with very colorful photos. They will however be bright and clear. You will want to ensure that your light is focused on your subject from the side, anything but from behind as the light will end up in your line of site. You don't want that.
For softer photos, having different color lights is what you want.
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