Better Photos with your Digital Camera

Written by Kelly Paal


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5. Remember your focus, are you taking a photo of mom andrepparttar tree, then take mom withrepparttar 116233 whole tree. But if you’re taking a photo of mom next to a tree do we really need to seerepparttar 116234 entire tree? Get closer to your subject. We can see some ofrepparttar 116235 tree bark with mom leaning against it, but showingrepparttar 116236 whole tree is a waste. Remember this tip with children, many people take a shot of their dear child for an expression onrepparttar 116237 child’s face, but inrepparttar 116238 printed shotrepparttar 116239 child is lost next to another kid,repparttar 116240 swing set, andrepparttar 116241 dog. Remember get closer. 6. Never put your subject dead center. All family photographers do this and it’s as hard of a habit to break as remembering to look atrepparttar 116242 background. But if you’ve moved closer to your subject remember to put them just sightly off center. Not a lot just a bit. When you’re shooting even groups of people this is especially easy but odd numbered groups is a little more difficult. Just find your imaginary center line of your group and put that line just a bit off center in your view through your lens or screen.

With these tips you can be on your way to taking better photos today.

Kelly Paal is a Freelance Nature and Landscape Photographer, exhibiting nationally and internationally. Recently she started her own business Kelly Paal Photography (www.kellypaalphotography.com). She has an educational background in photography, business, and commercial art. She enjoys applying graphic design and photography principles to her web design.


Need A Scrapbook Journaling Idea?

Written by Elaine Clay


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What about a friendship page? You could use some ofrepparttar lyrics from "You've Got a Friend" by Carole King, maybe decorate your border with musical notes.

Doing a page about someone’s birthday? You could journalrepparttar 116232 words from “Happy Birthday” and embellishrepparttar 116233 border with cakes, candles or other birthday memorabilia.

Don’t limit yourself to just a section of a song, use all of it if you want to.

Write or print outrepparttar 116234 complete song lyrics onto some nice paper and add it to your page. If you don’t haverepparttar 116235 room left on your album page make a pocket envelope to put your song sheet into.

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There have been tens of thousands of songs published overrepparttar 116237 years covering all sorts of subjects –repparttar 116238 possibilities forrepparttar 116239 resourceful scraper are endless.

Just make sure thatrepparttar 116240 song title or lyric you are going to use is suitable forrepparttar 116241 theme of your layout and you’ll soon add a quick, simple and memorable piece of journaling to your page.

Elaine Clay is the owner of Online-Scrapbooking-Guide.com - your one-stop online scrapbooking resource. Find inspiration, increase your creativity and have fun with our helpful tips, ideas, articles and much more.

Feel free to use the this article - provided it is published in it’s entirety, with my resource box and a “live” clickable link to: http://www.online-scrapbooking-guide.com


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