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Learn Digital Photography - 4 Tips to Avoid Background Disturbance

Background has always been a challenge for a photographer when they are taking pictures and this condition is even more prominent among the digital photography beginners. If you are not careful, the background is going to steal the lime light from the subjects and distract your viewers' attention. The following tips are to show you how you can avoid common background disturbance.

1. Move the subject

Have you ever had the experience that you thought the background will be perfect for the photo shoot but it looks awkward when you place your subjects in it? Some thing just doesn't feel right.

When that happens, you can move the subject around to see whether it gives the right picture. Sometime you can change the feeling of the pictures by moving the subject around.

But what if you can't move the subject?

2. Change the angle

If that is the case, probably you want to consider changing the shooting angle. That means you will want to move around your subjects, circling your subjects, taking picture from down to up or get high to shoot down to the subjects.

Besides omitting the awkward background from your pictures, shooting from different angle can also help to you to get different perspective of your subjects. You might be able to capture something astounding under the specific angle and background.

3. Create own background

Sometime you will have to shoot under the background that is totally out of the theme you want to create in your pictures. If you are doing indoor photography, there are a lot of commercial backgrounds available online.

And if you are given the option, try to rearrange the movable objects in the background so that it compliments the subject. You can even add something to the background so that it gives a unique feeling to the pictures.

4. Blur the background

Blurring the background is one of the best ways to bring out the details of the subject and this is often done to express the focus in the pictures.

And the fastest way to do this is to use wide aperture to create shallow depth of field. Depth of field simply means how focus is the surrounding of the subject in the picture. And shallow depth of field simply means the surrounding or in this case, the background is blur.

Since the background is blur, this is will automatically draw your viewer's attention to the clear subject in your picture.

About the Author

Do you enjoy taking photos? Do you want more digital photography tips and techniques? Michael Wong is happy to share his knowledge about digital photography with you and hope you enjoy them. Just visit

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Digital Photography For Beginners


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Whats a good digital camera for a beginner in photography?

i want to learn about photography and take classes. first i have decided to ask you guys which one will be very good for a starter. any suggestions?
I was thinking about a canon. But just to start off with one that will suit me right now that will have a reasonable price.

do you need an SLR or a point and shoot, and what is your price range.

Digital Photography - A Beginners Guide


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A Beginners Shopping List for Digital Photography Equipment

While it is very easy to spend lots of money on all the equipment that is available to the beginner in digital photography.  You only need to get a few basic items to start learning how to take great photos.  There are some essentials you need to have, like obviously a camera and a camera bag. Also items like batteries, memory, tripod, lenses and filters should also be on your shopping list. Below is a list of equipment you should consider when you want to get more out of shooting digitally.

A Camera. With the advances in digital technology, cameras have become feature packed.  Cameras that range from simple point and shoot models to top professional level workhorses worth thousands.  Features to look for in a camera are resolution, lens quality, image transfer mechanism, and wether you want goodie like movie modes or panoramic capture.  The features and abilities of your basic digital camera has exploded over the recent years.  So much so that with a little practice and the right equipment absolute beginners can take amazing photos.

An essential link in digital photography that is often underestimated by the beginner is your PC.  Crunching data to process the photos you take with your digital camera takes a bit more processing power than just normal Word or Excel work.  It is more RAM memory that is generally more useful than a faster processor.  If you want to really get into image editing then you will have to spend a bit of time optimising your PC/laptop setup.

Digital cameras really chew through the batteries when you want to take a lot of photos.  The best thing to do is buy several sets of rechargeable batteries, since they will pay for themselves in the long run.  If you can, and I highly recommend it, buy an AC adapter from the camera vendor you bought your camera from.  Use the AC adapter when you are doing tasks like transfering images to your laptop.  Also when you are displaying your images on a TV if your camera has that ability.

When you are not using that camera it should be put snuggly away in a camera bag.  Go for a camera bag that lets you arrange your equipment in a way that will protect them from damage.  Water Proof!  Most people take digital photos when on holidays in foreign locations and that can often make them targets for local thieves.  So consider looking for a bag that doesn't look like it is holding camera gear.

If you want to get stunning close-ups or spectacular long-range landscape images, then a tripod is a must.  Again approach the vendor that you bought the digital camera from for the right type of tripod for your camera.  Most digital cameras today are light and small so the tripod does not have to be big or flashy, it just needs to hold that camera of yours steady.

Filters for your camera can reduce the effects of Glare.  Consider purchasing lenses for extreme close-ups or wide-angle shots, that are beyond the range of the lens that came with your camera.  Lenses and filters can lead your digital photography into all sorts of new directions.

A lot of beautiful moments can be captured and saved with the right type of digital camera equipment.  A beginner does not have to shell out lots of money to enjoy taking digital photos. Some basic pieces and your imagination can lead to some breathtaking photos. As the technology becomes ever more accessible more and more people are taking up digital photography as a hobby.

About the Author

Bruce Rama is a keen digital photographer and lover of all things gadgetry. Bruce has a website that provides advice to beginners of digtial photography, and outlines the best places to make purchases that don't hurt the hip pocket.

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Beginner digital photography?

I am into digital photography. I have my own digital camera. its a Kodak easy share. I plan on going to photography classes winter quarter. Can any one give me hints on how to take better pictures?

Edwin made a point that I had almost forgotten. I, too, remember that first print appearing on the paper in the tray of dektol. In fact, I think in all the time I've spent in a darkroom, I never lost that thrill when almost like magic an image appears on a piece of plain white paper sitting in a tray of developer.

But back to your question. Absolutely take the class and do all the class assignments. If they want you to use a film camera, do so. In my opinion, you will never get a better foundation in photography than learning how to capture the image you want on film.

If you want to get a head start, by all means get some book on photography. Start learning the basics of composition and exposure. How to use depth of field to achieve a specific result. Start to visualize how your finished picture will look and think of how you can achieve that picture with your camera.

Good luck.

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