| Before taking great photos, you need to | | | | background, and your subject. |
| familiarize yourself with your camera and learn | | | | It is very vital to learn how and when to use and |
| how to control your camera exposure, use | | | | control your camera flash more especially when |
| different camera modes, flash and choose | | | | using a digital camera, since most digital cameras |
| between optical or digital zoom. | | | | have an in-built flash. |
| Most digital cameras have both optical and digital | | | | Flash feature often comes in handy during bright |
| zoom capabilities. Optical zoom is the camera lens | | | | sunlight and helps eliminate dark shadows under |
| which brings an object closer in focus while digital | | | | the eyes and chin. It also emphasizes your focus |
| zoom uses in-camera software to digitally enlarge | | | | object thus making it stand out from the |
| a portion of the object's image without | | | | background. |
| necessarily using the zoom lens. | | | | Turning your camera flash on, helps illuminate your |
| Optical zoom is better for digital photography | | | | object in a shade, when it is backlit, or where |
| since digital zoom only enlarges the image | | | | there's water reflecting sun's rays on your focus |
| surrounding using a portion of the image to | | | | object. Such bright conditions often darkens your |
| enlarge back to full image size. This will normally | | | | object's surface. |
| cause loss of quality making your photos look | | | | Always consider playing with your camera modes |
| blurry. In case you want to enlarge or crop your | | | | since most digital cameras have macro modes |
| image, use a software program such as | | | | which helps with close-up shots of smaller objects |
| photoshop installed on your pc, to get better | | | | or flowers. When using a macro mode setting, |
| control over how your final image will look. | | | | ensure that your camera is able to focus on your |
| Most digital cameras allow you to set the camera | | | | object before pressing the shutter button fully. |
| when to start using digital zoom and when not to. | | | | Digital cameras have different modes with tailor |
| Constantly reading your camera manual will also | | | | made settings suited for each camera. Feel free |
| come in handy giving you enough time to | | | | to use preset scene modes of your camera. |
| concentrate on your image composition, | | | | |