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Macro Photo Tips with Pocket Camera

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Although results will not be great if using a camera, you can still shoot and produce a beautiful macro photo using only a pocket camera.

Use Macro Mode

Select this mode if you want to maximize the macro feature that has been set by the manufacturer of a pocket camera. Macro mode is usually symbolized by a flower icon on your camera. If you choose this mode, you tell the camera that you want to take pictures with the focus distance is closer than usual (closest focus distance is usually different from one camera to another camera). Macro mode also means the camera will choose the large aperture, so that the object in focus will be sharp while the background slightly blurred.

Use a Tripod

Even if you only use a pocket camera, a tripod is helpful sharpness of your macro photos. In addition to reducing camera shake, a tripod also helps you in building composition and shooting angle more okay.

Aperture settings

If you have a pocket camera settings features for change the aperture when in macro mode, experiment with changing the amount of aperture – f / x. Choose a number x which is great if you want a broad focus areas (all seem to focus), or choose x small if you just want to focus a narrow field (so that the area outside the focal point of a blur.

Focus

If possible, use manual focus setting, so you are freer to decide at which point you want to think of as the focal point. Usually in macro mode, manual focus setting will be much easier to do than auto focus.

Composition

Read more tips on composition. Keep your background simple to use and not too busy so the final image will be easier on the eyes.

Lighting

Using the flash in compact cameras will only produce photos that are not too good. Turn off the flash and take advantage of indirect sunlight, such as light from a window or when cloudy. Direct sunlight would be too hard for your camera. You can also take advantage of a simple reflector such as white paper, Styrofoam or aluminum foil to illuminate the objects that are too dark.

Use a timer

Take advantage of the timer that is in your pocket camera so that the resulting image is much sharper. When the finger pressed the shutter button on the camera, then camera shake will make your photo is not sharp, for which the timer will be very useful because we can activate the camera without having to squeeze the shutter button. You need a tripod to make it more comfortable in using the timer.

Understanding Definition of White Balance

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Every owner of a digital camera or middle class mobile phone and equipped with camera, most have never encountered the term white balance. So what is white balance? Why should I care?

Okay let’s discuss the easy way

White balance is an important aspect in the world of photography and the influence on the final image. The reason why we need to understand white balance is because we want our pictures color as accurate as possible. So, white balance affects the color photos.

The reason why the camera needs white balance setting is because we take pictures in changing dim lighting conditions. Our naked eyes are super-sophisticated tools and able to adapt (balance) to changes in light color, so wherever the white paper will appear white to us. But the camera is not as sophisticated eye, because it’s not necessarily the white paper appears white to the camera in different lighting colors.

So the purpose of setting the white balance is to order the camera to recognize the existing light source temperatures. So that white looks white, red looks red and green looks green, or in other words the camera to record the color of objects accurately in any lighting conditions.

Photography Outdoors: Do not Stop When Chance Arrives

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If you like the photography in the wild (outdoor), we are often confronted by unfriendly weather. Partly for example. But do not let your preoccupation with photographing clouds blocking. Here are some objects that are even better in the pictures in cloudy weather.

People / Portrait & Animal. Produces a flat overcast lighting and gentle, as if you have a giant soft box up there. Light during overcast produce a better facial images. When photographing faces in the sun you will trouble controlling the contrast of dark shadows and light that is too loud (usually under the eyes and nose and the neck).

The trees. Try photographing lush trees during the heat of the sun, you will find that too harsh contrast between the sky and leaves. When cloudy this contrast will be reduced drastically so that the overall result will be great photo.

Waterfall & River. Waterfalls and streams would be much nicer in the photos when clouds arrive. We will more easily create Cotton effects that make the water look like clumps of cotton are soft, even the darker the gray the more subtle “cotton” is obtained.

The sky. Chance of making the sky seems more dramatic because there are gradations between dark and light.