How to take the perfect photos

Learn how to capture pictures the right way

Are you wanting to learn how to take the best photos? Have the best lighting? Photography is a way of expressing your inner self and a way to capture moments that you can keep forever. You’re able to grasp a moment in a simple click.

Taking photos/ and or videos is a connection that happens between you and your camera. Most people take pictures to keep memories and to also see the full potential of taking someone else’s picture. Such as taking senior pictures. You have to have the right lighting, the right scenery and the right angles. Such as going outside and having the sunset in the background.

What is Photography?

Photography is the “Art or practice of taking and processing photographs.” It is considered one of the greatest art forms. You can take something so simple and turn it into something more and that is art.

Capturing the right moments

1.    You have to have the right lighting, and or props to be able to get the best photo.

2.    You have to make sure you have the right backgrounds in order to have the best outcome.

3. ]   You have to be able to make the client comfortable in order to have a connection with them so they are able to have a fun time as well as you.

4.    Picking the best lens and angles are a huge factor, you have to make sure you get their best sides and are able to let their natural beauty shine through.

5.    Lastly, you need to make sure that you edit the pictures with a more warm tone and natural lighting.

The right angles / scenery

When you’re trying to take pictures, you have to make sure that the lighting and settings on your camera are set at the right one and that the zoom isn’t on. You need to take the pictures in a portrait mode if you’re wanting to make the image blur in the background, this gives a blurry effect and focuses on the model. When I take senior picture or graduation pictures, I always had my camera set on all natural, meaning no zoom, or flash. This allows the photo to be more natural. When you take pictures, finding your rhythm or angle can be hard sometimes because you have to find their best angles for the best pictures. Finding the right scenery is very important because it can make or break a picture. Finding an old barn, or going to the beach are my favorite kind of pictures to capture. You have the authentic and rustic vibe when you take them at an old barn and you have the beautiful waves crashing in the back of the picture when you go to the beach.

Barn Lighting

When you take pictures at a barn, or more rustic place, taking the pictures at sunset make the best pictures. When you have the sunset in the background

of the barn it makes the saturation of the pictures intensify all on its own.

Beach Lighting

Taking pictures at the beach can be more tricky because of the wind that comes off the waves. You never know what the pictures are going to look like until after you sit down and look at them. Right as the sun is at the horizon and going down and the sky reaches a grey, that is the best time to take pictures. It allows you to have more of a dark toned picture, but at the same time, it’s some of the best pictures.

Materials

1.    Camera

2.    Props

Baseballs, Softballs, Big letters, Big numbers, Lights, Hammock, Stool, Chairs

Using Props

When using props, you have to make sure that the prop doesn’t take away from the photo, that the model is always the main focus. So be very careful when you use props, just for the mere fact that you don’t want the prop to outshine the model. Using a simple hammock, or a chair to sit on is the simplest prop. You are able to capture the model and emphasize the photo by keeping it on the simple side.

Head Shots

Head shots are my favorite to take. Capturing the natural beauty in someone is why I take pictures. You have to make sure that you can see the bone structure and figure out which angles suit the model best. Aiming your head down will make the picture seem more “droopy”, but if you keep your chin up, you will see a big difference. This allows the picture to be more broad and makes it more confident in a sense.  

 

1.    Aiming the camera down and the models head up allows more of the face to be shown

2.    Taking a side picture allows the jawline to be the main focus

3.    The upward angle shows more of the bottom of the face

When taking pictures, find the best angles, the best scenery, and use props that make the model stand out and shine more. Find moments of the model laughing or messing around, because those are natural photos and it allows everyone to see how down to earth someone is and you are able to capture it. Photography is art, so take your picture!