it’s Christmas Eve! and to give you a little pre-Christmas gift I have some tips on taking photos. First let’s start with the tree picture. This is a really simple trick, and it’s something different to spice up a usual picture of a tree… or anything with Christmas lights. What do you do- set your camera on manual focus, so that you can adjust it to be OUT of focus. Sometimes breaking the rules is all it takes- the lights then show up as beautiful circles. This is the really basic way to take a photo like this; you can also get this effect by playing with the distance between a subject and whatever is in the background.
As far as Christmas morning goes, my advice would be to try something new. Take a picture from a new angle- maybe up high or down low, or shoot without everyone smiling and saying “cheese” for something candid. You’ll need to make sure you have a good light source, preferably a window, so that you won’t have to blind people with direct flash or cast them in the yellow glow of indoor lights. Your camera will have settings to correct the indoor lights, but if you have a window that will be your best bet for natural looking photos.
Merry Christmas!
by Mary Dougherty
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