Taking Good PHOTOS

Photography for me has been my passion since 1988. I was a photojournalist with The Senteil Review newspaper in Woodstock, Ontario from 1989-1991. My speciality was sport photography concentrating on basketball and football. As a photojournalist I felt I needed a change so I became a freelance photographer which what I am today. As you can see in the above photograph of a scene of London, Ontario which was taken from by balcony on the 15 floor of my apartment in downtown London, Ontario. The rustic colors in the photograph are meaningful because they represent the end of the fall season in Southwestern Ontario Canada. The photograph was taken with a 200mm f/2.8 lens on my D-40 Nikon body. There are some key tips I like to give to you to have great photographs.

1. Make sure your target takes up the full view of the view finder in your camera. This will balance and make your photograph stand out like this won.

2. My sure the f/stop is correct. F/stop is the amount of light going through your lens onto the digital card of your DSLR Camera. By having the right f/stop your photography will have proper exposure and the correct amount of light going though the lens. As you can see in this photography the photography as good exposure because the f/stop was correct. Which in this case was f/11.

3. Proper focus makes or breaks your photograph. Make sure you adjust your lens to the proper setting on your DSLR Camera. In this photograph I use the picture setting on the focus. This setting helps with proper light and steadiness and less noise in the photograph. Something you should check out in the manual of your DSLR Camera.

4. Use a tripod for still photographs. And set it at the right height to fill the view finder correctly for best results. And make sure the tripod is balanced by setting the legs on the tripod correctly and the height you want.

5. And finally, have fun. That is why I do photography because it fun for me. I find it quite relaxing spending a afternoon or a day creating master pieces with my camera.

I hope this article was helpful for you and you are able to improve your photographs with these tips.

To fully get the grasp of the art of photography one has to prepare her or himself by education and develop proper knowledge and understanding of the many rules of photography. These important rules help the photographer to decide how to shoot a photograph correctly. In order to do that training from certified and qualified professional photographers can help you attain the knowledge needed to take great photographs. Some of the rules like understanding the settings on your DSLR can be learned from your manual. But for the beginner this can be confusing and frustrating so professional instruction is needed. There are some great online photography schools that are not overly expensive and have payment plans to ease the cost of your photography education. Tuition cost can very from as little as 49 USD/month to over 199USD/month. The more expensive the tuition the general rule of thumb is that the courses taken are more expensive are a better deal because of the content of the courses fully explain the rules of photography more indepth and most of them have professional coaches that can guide you through your learning experience. The New York Institute of Photography in New York City is a excellent choice for professional photography instruction and can provide professional certification once one finishes there program selected. Some of the programs at The New York Institute of Photography include: Photography for the beginner, photojournalism, business photography and beginner and advance photoshop. Photoshop is the tool used to edit your photographs from a raw taken photograph. The features of Photoshop organize and spicy up your photographs to make them look more professional. The New York Institute of Photography have mentors that you work with weekly and you can learn at your own pace. So the duration on how quickly you get done depends on how much effort you want to do to finish your program. Generally, a program has a time limit so you want to be able to plan accordingly to finish with in the limit to avoid extra cost for not finishing the during the time required to finish your program.

One know must be asking oneself ok I got the tips and the rules how can I make money with photography? There is a lot of money to be made in photography either within a agency or a freelancer or going on your own with your own photography business. One has to determine which niche one once to focus on. I good rule of thumb go with what you are most interested in. For example, for me it's sports and landscape and sometimes fashion. To view some or even purchase some of my work you can goto my photography store at https://snapshot67.picfair.com. Picfair is a great freelance option to sell your photographs and we can set your own prices and get paid immediately by paypal once a photograph is sold. You also have the rights and license to your photographs so they are protected with copyright.

Photography can start out as just a hobby for fun. But the real fun comes in when you are ready to make money with your photography. Expect little money at first but, once your experience and photographs improve good money will soon start showing up. You know basically have some better ideas what photography skills are needed to take great photographs and some understanding of the learning process to do that. And once you are confident you can certainly make good money if you are good effort. If you are interested in learning more about photography then I suggest going to your local public library for future reference.