Tips to help you avoid basic photography mistakes

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Even if you have been a photographer for many years in the profession, sometimes you will still make extremely “silly” mistakes. The tips below will help you avoid repeating the basic mistakes you often made when you were an amateur photographer.

Although photography is a profession that requires people with many years of experience, all photographers will encounter a few problems that they cannot solve. The process of overcoming these mistakes will be the key to elevating yourself from a beginner photographer to an intermediate or professional photographer.

Don’t let these errors reduce the quality of your photos anymore. Using the tips below, you will know how to overcome these “bad-funny” situations and avoid these basic mistakes.

Camera shake condition

Photos taken when the camera shakes

To avoid blurry photos due to camera shake, hold the camera properly. Lean against a wall or door frame and hold the camera close to your body (not outstretched) or use a tripod to minimize camera shake.

Issues related to low light photography

Photos taken at higher ISOs are more susceptible to noise

Photos will often be blurry when you shoot fast-moving objects in low light conditions, so choose scene mode on your point and shoot so the camera can frame itself properly in this case. Or if you can increase the ISO with your basic camera, shoot at a high ISO, it will help you solve problems related to low light. However, high ISO can cause image noise, so don’t overuse high ISO, only use it in necessary cases.

High contrast

Photos taken with too high contrast

When you take photos outdoors on bright sunny days, your photos are not exposed correctly due to high contrast. Especially when the sun has risen above your head, dark areas become darker and bright areas become brighter. To avoid framing the whole scene, you need areas that have both dark and light parts in the same photo.

Focus is not standard

Image not in standard focus

Sometimes point and shoot cameras will choose a focus point outside the object in focus, causing the object to not be in focus properly. To make sure the camera’s focusing system picks up the right object you want. Place the object in the center of the frame and half-press the shutter button. Continue to hold down the shutter button and the focusing system will maintain focus on the object you select until you press the button to take the photo, even if you move the camera to recompose the photo.

Lens flares and hot spots

hotspot phenomenon

lens flare phenomenon

Usually hot spots or flashes appear when the flash is too close to the subject or the flash is too strong, it will leave a white flash on the image. Don’t step back a bit so the hot spot doesn’t have a chance to appear and make sure you shoot at the right distance for the flash.

Red eye phenomenon

Sometimes when you use the flash in your camera to take pictures of people, their eyes turn red. To prevent this, avoid using the flash or switch the flash to the “red-eye” setting. You can also ask your subject to turn their head a bit so their eyes aren’t looking straight at the camera. Your eyes reflect the light from the flash, which is the cause of the “red eye” phenomenon.

Photo composition

Photos taken using the rule of thirds

If your photo is properly focused and properly exposed but still doesn’t look right, the cause probably lies in the photo composition. Composition is the way you arrange the photo to frame it. Practice composition, such as the Rule of Thirds, and don’t let extra objects appear in the photo, for example if a cell phone tower suddenly appears behind the subject’s head. take.

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