[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Learn the basics, if you haven't already. Basics of photography include composition, which is essentially the placing of a subject within the frame of a photograph, lighting, and the basic workings of your camera. See How to Take Better Photographs for some introductory material.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Be ready. At least half of the time, the difference between a great photograph and a mediocre one is being in the right place at the right time, with a camera in your hand. Carry your camera with you as often as you can. Make sure to use your camera often, too. Just carrying it around does no good.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Stop looking for subjects to photograph and learn to see.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Look for colours. Or do the opposite: look for a total absence of colour, or shoot in black-and-white.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Look for repetition and rhythm. Or do the opposite, and look for something completely isolated from the things around it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Look for lighting, and the lack of such. Take photographs of shadows, or of reflections, or of light streaming through something, or of things in total darkness.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Look for emotion and gesture if you're photographing people. Do they show happiness? Mischievousness? Sadness? Do they look thoughtful? Or do they just look like another person mildly annoyed to have a camera pointed at them? etc. [/FONT]
taking good pictures is something anyone can do with any camera, if you practice enough and avoid some common mistakes. Read the camera's manual. Learn what each control, switch, button, and menu item does. Learn the basic actions, such as using the flash (on, off, and auto), zooming in and out, and using the shutter button. Set the camera's resolution to take high quality photos at the highest resolution possible.
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