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April 28, 2015

Freeze the sports action. The key is using a high shutter speed. On compact cameras, use the sports scene mode. On a DSLR, pick a high shutter speed of 1/500th of a second or above. This will freeze almost all action. If the light is low, adjust your ISO to a higher sensitivity (800-1600 ISO), which will allow you to select a faster shutter speed.

April 27, 2015

When shooting landscapes, add a person into the composition for added interest.

April 26, 2015

Patience can make or break a picture. If you’ve found a scene you like but think it would look better if the light were different, wait a little bit. Or make a note and go back to the same location at a different time of day or even season.

April 25, 2015

Many photographers take a moment to “tidy up” a scene before a picture is snapped. When you make sure your subject and their surroundings look good before you snap a picture, they’ll appreciate the photos more.

April 24, 2015

When photographing animals, isolate them with a longer lens. A longer lens (or zoom lens) allows you to narrow in on your subject and create a clean, soft focus background. It will emphasize the subject and make it special.

April 23, 2015

Like photographing bugs? The technique for getting an insect to stand out from the background is to use a shallow depth of field.

April 22, 2015

Celebrate Earth Day by taking photographs of nature, or of Earth Day Events in your neighborhood.

April 21, 2015

Know the sport you are photographing. Understanding the sport allows you to position yourself in a good location to capture the action. If your child plays sports, ask her about her position and where she is during most games. Use that information to place yourself for great shots.

April 20, 2015

When photographing a landscape scene, include a point of interest. An item that stands out, like a tree or a cliff edge, will give the viewer's eye somewhere to rest. It will also provide a sense of scale.

April 19, 2015

Try shooting a group photo with a longer zoom lens, instead of just a wide-angle. By standing back 20 more feet or so, you can lessen the impact of the background and focus on the people in the shot. You may have to yell your instructions to the group, but your shot will be dramatically different.

April 18, 2015

Posing a bride and groom for photos is sometimes difficult. Concentrate on close shots of just the two of them, with clean backgrounds. Then create a fun group shot having them in the center, with others gathered around them. Just make sure no one gets in front of them. After all, it’s their day.

April 17, 2015

Its easy to set your white balance when shooting video with Nikon DSLRs. Turn on Live View and scroll through the various white balance options while looking at the LCD. You’ll be able to see exactly how the scene looks with each white balance setting, making it easy to set an accurate or creative white balance for the scene you’re shooting.

April 16, 2015

When making group pictures, shoot, shoot, shoot. Put your camera on continuous and fire away. Often the fourth or fifth picture is the best one because everyone has settled down with eyes open and mouths shut.

April 15, 2015

Whenever possible, get it right in the camera. Crop the shot, set your white balance, have your ISO and exposure set properly before you shoot. This will save you time later at the computer.

April 14, 2015

Try shooting panoramas if you’re at a sport stadium, beach or park, for more interesting images. Some Nikon Digital Cameras have an Easy Panorama mode or a Panorama Assist mode, which make these photos easy to shoot.

April 13, 2015

If you’re doing a lot of macro photography using a D-SLR and Micro-NIKKOR lens, you can set the lens’ FULL/LIMIT selector to LIMIT. This will restrict focusing between the distances of 1:2.3 and 1:1 (life size).

April 12, 2015

Need some inspiration? Take out your camera’s manual and read about a shooting mode or setting that you don’t normally use. Spend a day practicing how to use it.

April 11, 2015

Check the weather before an outdoor event. Protecting your camera and lens is critical. Consider buying a rain hood for your camera. It will protect your camera and allow you to keep shooting. If you don’t have one, use a gallon-size plastic bag or trash bag with rubber bands to protect your gear.

April 10, 2015

When capturing audio for your videos, you should always do a test to check the audio levels while Live View is activated and adjust if necessary.

April 9, 2015

Shooting indoor sports is tough. The lighting often is old or a bit strange (mix of different light sources). Try adjusting your white balance to Fluorescent or Incandescent/Tungsten. Check the back of the camera to see whether this has helped prevent the yellow or green tint caused by indoor lighting.

April 8, 2015

When working with light, try to keep it off to the side or behind your subject. Light coming in at an angle almost always makes for a more interesting photo, creating patterns and shapes that straight-on light doesn’t.

April 7, 2015

Shooting video but not sure what type of microphone you need. Here’s an easy analogy to remember how to distinguish the different types of mics. Think of the Nikon ME-1 Stereo Mic as a wide-angle of mics because it captures audio from a wide pattern in front of the camera; the shotgun mic is the telephoto of mics, recording audio from in front of the mic; and the lavaliere mic as the close-up or macro of mics, because they are designed to be clipped to a person’s shirt near their neck to capture the audio from a position close to their mouth.

April 6, 2015

If you set your camera's white balance to incandescent for outdoor shots and put an amber filter on your flash, you'll turn the backgrounds blue while anything lit by the flash will be perfectly balanced.

April 5, 2015

Tripods extend your shooting time into the dark. Turn off the flash so the camera will know to shoot a slow shutter speed (creating a long exposure), then use the self-timer so you don’t introduce movement and blur when you press down the shutter button. A cable release will come in handy during long exposures.

April 3, 2015

Photograph signs and markers when you travel. This will help you to remember where you were on your trip. There is nothing worse than showing off your travel photos to friends and family and not remembering where you took the shot or the historical significance of a monument.

April 2, 2015

Explore composition by adding different lenses to your camera bag. Introducing a wide angle for really wide shots and a telephoto for that tight close-up lets you add variety to your shots.

April 1, 2015

Keep your camera with you as much as possible. You never know where you’re going to find that great photo. Have the camera loaded with memory, charged up and ready to shoot.

April 1, 2015

Don’t force your subject into a pose they are uncomfortable with. It’s often easier if you demonstrate first. So show your subject how to sit, stand or hold their hands in a simple but pleasing way.

March 31, 2015

Scrapbooking is a fun way to remember special events. There are various digital scrapbooking options in addition to traditional scrapbooking; but it all comes down to creating a special memory out of your photographs, complete with captions and descriptions of your experiences.

March 30, 2015

When composing a sports picture, leave some room for the action. For instance, if a runner is going left to right, leave more room on the right side of the frame for him/her to run into. This will make a big difference on the impact of the image.

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