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Today, almost every kid has a camera. There are cheap cameras, expensive cameras, automatic cameras, manual cameras, digital cameras, phone cameras and so on.

Many people are not satisfied from their photos. Especialy when they travel - they claim that the pictures don't reflect the beauty and the atmosphere in the places they've been to.

Read on at Five Tips for Good hotographing

If you are able to choose the time of day to shoot your pictures, try to pick a time when the sun is low in the sky, either shoot in the early morning or late afternoon. Shooting pictures of people with the sun too high in the sky, tends to mean the subject's eyes will be in shadow and/or your subject will be squinting in the strong light, both of which tend to look horrible. A nice side effect of shooting in the early morning or late afternoon is that the colour of the light is 'warmer', reds and yellows are stronger which generally gives a more pleasing effect.
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johnpetersen
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If possible use manual settings .
Take more then one shot with various settings .
All hail to manual focus .
Autofocus is nice at times , but sometimes autofocus fails or is not necessary.
Be critical of your own work .
Is the photo in focus or not ?was the exposure right ?
What else is there ...
Oh yeah dont use digital zoom , it's the tool of the devil .

Good tips folks. Thanks. Photography, now in the digital age, has become increasingly popular. Even a novice such as myself, can take some great shots.

You are correct, the more "digital" zoom you use, the fuzzier the image, depending on what you are shooting. Sometimes you can get some good mountain or other scenic shots, but when you click in closer on them, they are already maxed out for clarity. Even resizing a fully zoomed photo, makes a horrible image, most times.

Always stay within optical ranges and then try some cropping or resizing to get that perfect image out of one that's not quite what you wanted to express.