Basic Of Digital Photography

For all you know, digital photography is a fun hobby and I know how exciting it is to be able to hold your digital camera in your hand and just follow the calling and go snap the pictures right away. And that is what goes wrong in most of the digital photography newbies.

You have got to read your manual first. I know it sounds boring and a lot of you would rather learn the features while you are taking pictures but do you know there are so many features in your digital camera that you can't possibly know by just taking pictures?

Now, without looking at your manual, can you tell me what the maximum ISO of your camera is? Do you know the lowest shutter speed for your camera?

Although your manual might say it all, it still explain to you the limitation of your digital camera and what you can expect from it. Another tip for you is that, the more expensive camera you bought, the more you need to read the manual before you start taking pictures. Surely you experience what a high end digital camera can do and I can tell you that you will be amaze by it. :-)

After you have read your manual, it is time you take your digital camera out for some actions. Go take more pictures, the more the better and it is better that you can take more pictures of the same subject. My personal advice is to take all pictures you can and don't delete the pictures. You can review them just don't delete them. Not yet.

Now, when your fingers are soar from pressing the shutter button, it is time you sit down and view your pictures in front of your PC (not view on your camera LCD screen as it is too small for you to notice the difference and it used up the power too).

So, among the pictures you have taken (for the same subject), which are the pictures that you like? Which are the pictures that tell you that you have done a good job that you have capture the spirit of your subject?

Then compare those pictures to those that you don't like. What is wrong with them? Is it the angle, the proximity or something in you that just don't feel right (is OK to let your feeling decide as you are still new in digital photography)?

My point is, even as a novice in digital photography, you know that something is wrong with your pictures and you prefer some of them over another. So, how do you always be proud of your work? Take a guess. I hope you got it right and it is certainly through more practice. I think this wouldn't be difficult looking at the enthusiasm you have for digital photography. :-)

The last basic digital photography tip for you to take home is to explore more about digital photography. It might be pure luck that you landed at my blog or you are strong follower of my posts and anyway, this should not be your final station for learning about digital photography.

There are more tips out there and there are more professional photographers out there who offer more tips then me. So, look in forums and search engines for more information about digital photography and of course do come back for more tips. :-)

Have fun photographing,

Michael Wong. :-)