Hobbies: Better Photos with your Digital Camera

Better Photos with your Digital Camera

Written by Kelly Paal

Everyone has a digital camera today and we all take a lot of photos. But if your photos still have trees coming out of your father’s head, mom has red eye, and your beloved pet is never facing repparttar

camera then here are some tips to help you take better photos.

1. Always be aware of repparttar 116233 background. I know this is repparttar 116234 hard one but it is critical. If you’re setting up a shot take a quick look at what is behind repparttar 116235 people in your shot. So many perfectly good photos are ruined by a tree seeming to grow out of a person’s head. It can be as simple as repparttar 116236 person taking one full step to repparttar 116237 right or left to move repparttar 116238 obstacle that would ruin your photo. 2. Use available light. If your digital camera has an option to turn repparttar 116239 flash off and it’s light enough outside to read a book then use repparttar 116240 available light and turn repparttar 116241 flash off. In general camera flashes are too harsh for human skin and make all of us look pale. (Even better if your camera has a fill flash use that indoors where there isn’t enough daylight, and place repparttar 116242 person by a window as well.) 3. Use ambient soft light. The reason that so many of use pose people under trees, and end up with repparttar 116243 ruined photo with a tree coming out of dad’s head, is that we all instinctively know that soft light is best. Sunlight filtered through a trees’ leave is beautiful and warm. It warms up repparttar 116244 skin and puts a soft light to repparttar 116245 features. Indoors near a window with drapes has a similar effect. 4. Aim your camera slightly down at repparttar 116246 person’s face. Now I don’t mean climb a ladder but just don’t ever, and I mean ever, point your camera looking up to a person. We all look fat and bloated at that angle. Also don’t shoot just face on to repparttar 116247 person, try a little to repparttar 116248 side, a three quarter view, so that you see more of their face. Remember camera higher looking down and a three quarter view, it will slim your subject.

Need A Scrapbook Journaling Idea?

Written by Elaine Clay

Need A Scrapbook Journaling Idea?

Try using song lyrics in your next layout.

Song lyrics can be a great source of title and page inspiration for a scraper.

Music and songs play an important part in our lives. Hearing a song again can evoke a lot of emotion, bringing back fond memories of special times, special people and special places.

Of course, different songs mean different things to different people - but you can use songs to 'tap' into those memories to create unique, and highly personal scrapbook pages.

How do you use lyrics on your pages?

Well, here’s a scrapbook journaling idea for you to try using a wedding layout as an example.

If repparttar bride and groom have their own ‘special song’ then you use that to add a personal touch. If not don’t worry find another suitable song instead, there are lots of song lyric web sites on repparttar 116232 internet that you can browse.

Pick a section from your chosen song for example, repparttar 116233 first verse of “A Groovy Kind of Love” by Phil Collins and journal repparttar 116234 lyrics around repparttar 116235 edges of your page.

Then embellish your border with some appropriate wedding stickers, die-cuts or punches. Tie it all neatly together, by using repparttar 116236 title of repparttar 116237 chosen song as repparttar 116238 accent title for your layout.

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