Ohophoto techniques for digital camera photographer

Preparing to shoot.

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Welcome to ohophoto technique easy way to use your camera.

Preparing to shoot.

5 Step for good pictures
1.Select the camera’s ISO setting by use minimum as ISO100 or ISO200 is the best. How ever determined by circumstance, subject and light levels.
2.Select a desirable shutter speed if under 1/30 sec use a tripod.
3.Select an appropriate White Balance setting.
(controls the effect of unnatural-looking colour casts caused by colour-biased light sources)
4.Select the appropriate source of light to avoid the overexposed/underexposed image.
5.Half press shutter focus before take picture.

Sunset Techniques.

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Sunset Techniques.

How to take this picture?
Ohophoto Techniques.

1. Use Manual (M) mode on your camera.
2. Setting camera's White Balance to Shade or Cloudy for more warm pictures
3. Using underexposed for more beautiful pictures.
4. Tripod and self timer are important to sharpest pictures.
5. Wait after the sun sets, the color extravaganza continues for at least 20 to 30 minutes longer.
This period is the best time to shoot beautiful pictures.

Landscapes Techniques.

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Landscapes Techniques.

How to take this picture?
Ohophoto Techniques.

1.Use wide lens if you have it, or use wide length minimum such as 28 mm. 35 mm.from your lens.
2.Set your camera to A mode or Av by the way you can use M mode to control aperture and shutter speed by yourself.
3.The aperture set to F8 up(F11or F16) for sharpen over all picture.
4. Tripod and self timer are very importance for sharp and still picture.
5.The good landscape picture must have foreground for more perspective picture.

Portrait Techniques.

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Portrait Techniques.

How to take this picture?
Ohophoto Techniques.

1.Use A or Av mode on your camera.2.Using a wide aperture such as F2.8 or F4 to blur the background.
3.Use spot/partial metering and focus to face of model especially the eyes.
4.Adjust the contrast saturation and sharpen to low level for soft and natural skin.
5.At last check camera shutter speed is appropriate for good image.

Macro Techniques.

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Macro Techniques.

How to take this picture?
Ohophoto Techniques.

1.Use macro lens if you have it, or use telephoto from your lens
for close up to subjects.
2.Set your camera to manual mode (M).
3.Best to use manual focus to control point of focus area.
4.The aperture set to F5.6 up(F8 or F11) and check dept of field
over all subjects.
5.Use fill flash if natural light not enough.