How do you take a better digital picture?

Answer 1

You have received some good advice already. Study your camera manual! Learn what the settings are and what they do. Learn about ISO and white balance, aperture and shutter speed.

Get some books on beginning photography. "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson is a good one. Visit some websites, www.kodak.com and photo.net are a couple of good ones.

Get in the habit of looking for good light. Usually early in the morning and late in the afternoon are good for photography. Look at the background too, especially indoors. The baby with puppy photo on the living room floor will be a lot better without the laundry basket behind them. Outside, don't have trees or poles growing from people's heads.

Study professional photos you like from magazines and try to see what makes them good. Look at the composition and lighting. Think about how you could get a similar effect in your pictures. Then practice. Don't worry about making a mistake, in digital it cost the same to take 4 photos or 40.

Learn the rules, first. Then, don't be afraid to bend or break them. Have fun while you're at it. Good luck!

Answer 2

Take more time and care.

Shoot in higher light.

Remember that flash has a tight range. If you shoot three people at a table one will be perfectly exposed, the closest over exposed and the furthers under exposed.

Flash also doesn't work past 12 feet.

Depress the shutter release half way and lock the focus and exposure before you press the button to take the picture.

Brace the camera against your face, keep fingers away from the front of the camera lens.

Take a breath before you shoot.

It's a look like shooting a gun. Breath while pulling the tigger and you can miss the bulls eye.

Pushing the button too fast and hard, moving the camera and not taking time to compose and set the auto features is the biggest problem.

Answer 3

If you want to take a better digital picture then you have to learn how to take better pictures. What I mean is learn photo techniques maybe not to the pro level but enough so that you will know what to do in tricky light situations. Read photography books. If you don't want to buy them then go to your local library and borrow them. Even the Internet have sites that teaches photography. Then practice what you read. The nicest thing about digital is you can practice as much as you want and see the result right away. Take advantage of this and the more you practice the better you gonna be.

Answer 4

Read the manual over and over to understand it's functions and it's limitations. Most of those little digital pocket ones have a flash distance of about 12 feet for one, and for two, panning with your moving subject may be a no, no "camera shake". Make sure that your fingers are not in front of any part of your camera because, your sensor maybe covered and you'll end up with out of focus pictures...JUST LIKE MY FATHER IN LAW". An autofocus camera is not for eveyone.

I don't know what make and model you have so it is hard to make any real suggestions.

Answer 5

usually its all about the use of light and the other functions of your camera. Instead of letting it choose what exposure, set it by yourself and see how the picture will come out. (ie. Night Scene if you are taking night/dark picture)

Answer 6

I advice you to buy a telephoto lens, wide angle lens or polorizer and also don't forget your tripod.

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Answer 7

It just could be you are not keeping camera steady long enough for each shot. You never did say what you're dissatisfied with.

Answer 8

Practice, practice, practice.

There's no substitute for practice.

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