Prize Winning Photos - What Makes Them Click - Kodak Video 110
Have your camera ready to go
Good pictures don't happen by accident
Have Fun Shooting...remember that you are defining your life when you shoot pictures. And that you remember what you shoot.
Get your pet to do a trick
Use food to get them to do their favorite trick
Find interesting subjects
Have your camera ready...you may only get one chance.
Know enough about an activity to know where to be.
Planning...watch people before the person you want to shoot, like in races. Focus on a person that goes by before the person you are shooting.
Slightly blurred pictures will produce a nice effect. Moving the camera WITH the movement of a subject (called Panning) will isolate the subject by blurring the background
Panning may be necessary because of low lighting
Prize winning photos use special effects to highlight a mood
Double Exposures can show more than one perspective
Simplicity is a key element. The closer you get, the more prominent the main subject becomes. Most people see things from a considerable distance. So, seeing details close-up is a fresh new perspective for most people.
Moving in close is going to make the background blurry, called Shallow Depth of Field
Simple and ordinary might not even be something you normally think to photography. People look, but don't necessarily see.
Imaginative Seeing is often just a matter of taking a 2nd look
Low angles can give unique perspectives and strange distortion to otherwise boring subjects
Small objects in the background will give depth
Get up early, great lighting, maybe even some fog from the temp change over night.
Stormy days can provide grade contrasty images