Basic Photography Techniques

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BASIC
PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
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FOREWORD
In this era of digital cameras and social media,
most people are becoming fond of photography.
Photos are the best way to capture memories and
joy of life to reminisce later. You want the best
picture to be clicked but somewhere you fall
behind. Here youll explore 8 Basic Photography
Techniques which is a must learn for beginner.
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Get Closer!
CONTENT
Be Selective
Invest in a Tripod
The Rule of Thirds
Avoid blurry pictures
Shoot in Early Morning or Evening
Learn to hold your camera properly
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Learn to Hold your Camera Properly.
This may sound obvious to many that is it even a
thing to be toldbut yes! many newcomers into
photography make mistakes while holding their
cameras. It makes their camera shake and gives
blurred images as a result.
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The Rule of Thirds
A famous rule in the field of photography is the
Rule of Thirds. It is usually taught in the
very first lessons of photography. There are four
lines which make the rule of thirds. Youll find
two lines horizontally placed and two lines
vertically placed which makes a grid of nine
squares.
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Investing in a Tripod
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A tripod is an essential accessory when you need
to shoot in low light conditions without raising
the ISO too much. You can also experiment with
photography with long exposure, which means the
shutter can be left opened for seconds or minutes
at an instance.
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Shoot in the Early
Morning and Evening
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• Lighting can make or break a photograph. What
  time is thought to be the best to click pictures
  is early morning and evening. In terms of
  photography, the hour just after the sunrise and
  the hour just before the sunset is referred to as
  the golden hour.

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Avoid Blurry Pictures
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• Blurry pictures are a huge disappointment for the
  photographers as well as the viewers as everyone
  prefers clear pictures rather than blurry ones.
  The solution to this is the autofocus mode. You
  can turn on the autofocus mode to get clear
  pictures.

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Avoid Underexposing and Overexposing the
Highlights
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• As you are aware, shutter speed, ISO sensitivity
  and aperture are all very important to brighten
  up the image. Out of all these, aperture and
  shutter speed are the exposers.
• Conditions for a brighter view the ISO number
  should be higher and shutter speed should be
  slow.
• Similarly, conditions for a darker view the ISO
  number should be lower and shutter speed should
  be faster.

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Get Closer !
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• Another minor mistake made by the beginners is
  they zoom in on the subject instead of taking a
  few steps nearer to the subject. Its been well
  said by Robert Capa that If your photographs are
  not good enough, youre not close enough.

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Be Selective
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• Done with the shoot ? Now time for the main step,
  selecting the pictures youve clicked! When it
  comes to choosing photos to show other people or
  to add them to your portfolio you have to be very
  picky. So if youre thinking of presenting before
  them with 8-10 of your shots, show them only 4-5.
  

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CLOSURE


Photography is surely a fun activity to do but it
does require great skills for one to excel. So,
summing up with all the information, these were
some of the Basic Photography Techniques one
should pay attention to.
Youre now completely stuffed with the knowledge
and ready to carry on with your learnings.
Keeping all these tips in mind and continuing
your journey will surely let you achieve great
heights.
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