Friday, January 14, 2011

How To Take Amazing Photos This Christmas

By Musa Aykac


Christmas is a great time of taking photos. Christmas is a family time and with all the decorations in everyone's houses there can be some really great backdrops. The tips below should help you if you want to make sure you get some stunning photos this Christmas.

- It is essential that you are prepared when it comes to taking photos at Christmas time. Many of the best shots will be over quickly and if your camera isn't ready you'll miss them. You will get a lot of chances to take great photos when the children are opening your presents so this is a good time to have your camera ready.

- Whenever you are taking photos in your house you will have to be careful about white balancing. Otherwise the artificial lights will have a negative impact on your photos. Do a little experimentation before the big day and maybe even mess around with the lighting to see which is going to be best it is best to do all this before Christmas day.

- If you really want to see if you can get some great photos then you could try out time lapse photography. Setting up a camera somewhere in your home and getting it to take photos every one or two minutes may mean that you get some really fantastic photos. When you do this, you need to make sure you have chosen a suitable location.

- It is a bit of a shame when a picture is too full with unwanted space. You may want to move closer to the subject that you want to snap so that you can fill the frame with this; this will stop you from having all that unwanted space.

- Your camera will also have a continuous mode and this is good for things that are going on quite quickly such as someone pulling a cracker or opening a present.




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