Take Better Photos: 10 easy tips

If the person is within five feet, use the fill-flash mode; beyond five feet, the full-power mode may be required.

Subject is dark

After

Good

Better

Bring your picture to life by simply moving your subject away from the middle of your picture.

Boring

Better

Most auto-focus cameras focus on whatever is in the center of the picture.

If you don't want a blurred picture, you'll need to first lock the focus with the subject in the middle and then recompose the picture so the subject is away from the middle.

Subject not in focus

Better

The number one flash mistake is taking pictures beyond the flash's range.

Without
flash

With
flash

Good

Also
good

Good

Better

Boring

Better

clipped from www.kodak.com

1.

Look your subject in the eye

Too high

Better

2.

Use a plain background

Distracting background

Better

3.

Use flash outdoors

4.

Move in close

5.

Move it from the middle

6.

Lock the focus

7.

Know your flash's range

8.

Watch the light

9.

Take some vertical pictures

10.

Be a picture director