Photographers are picture takers or picture makers. Picture takers point and click. Sometimes they get lucky and take a great picture. Picture makers think about what they're doing, make a few simple adjustments, take a little more time, and squeeze the shutter. The results are usually pretty good. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. How to Make Good Pictures: 1. Tilt Down We have a tendency to place the subject of our picture - a face, flower, group of people - in the center of the frame, resulting in pictures with lots of headroom. It's easy to fix: tilt the front of your camera down, which automatically removes excess headroom. Now you have a better shot. 2. Take Advantage of Backlight In the early days of photography we were taught to take outdoor pictures with our subject in direct daylight. That's because film needed lots of light. Today's cameras will give you prefectly good pictures outdoors in direct sunlight or in shade. If you shoot into the sun, you'll see that your subjects have lots of backlight. You can see it on the edges of leaves, or lighting the back of a head and shoulder. Professional photographers spend lots of money backlighting. Nature gives it to us free. Use the strobe on your camera to get rid of dark shadows under the eyes. 3. Keep it simple Busy backgrounds are the first sign of a mediocre picture. Move your subject or move your camera to include an uncluttered background. We often want to show everything in one shot. But it's usually best to move closer to the subject and fill the frame with what's important. howtotakegreatpictures dot com

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