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TAKING PHOTOS

HOLDING CAMERA
Hold the camera solidly in your hand to prevent the camera from shuddering or shifting too much when pressing on the shutter button, and watch your spare fingers so that they don’t interfere with the lens.With smaller cameras, is to hold your eye up to the optical viewfinder to capture the image, rather than the electronic viewfinder – this will help you see exactly what your capturing,and help to stabilize the shot between your hands and your face for less 'camera shake'.

FOCUSING
An important tip is to half-depress the shutter button until the camera has had time to lock the focus, and then completely press the button to take the actual shot. With normal picture-taking, shutter speeds are fast enough that a small amount of shake won’t affect the resulting image , but , there are times when you’d want to use a tripod to compensate, eg: when taking pictures in low light, where the shutter speed will slow down enough to potentially make drag lines, and when using a long zoom, where distant objects are susceptible to blur. In each case, the tripod will settle the image and let you forget about shaking the image and focus on capturing what’s in your mind’s eye.

PREVIEWA big advantage of a digital camera is being able to preview the pictures after you’ve taken them. If you are trying to capture a specific scene, you can review the shot and see if it looks the way you wanted