The Camera Guru

Oftentimes, amateur photographers make a big mistake when shooting photos of people: they shoot them straight-on while they stand still and smile. This is fine when you’re shooting photos of your friends and family for personal use, but you want to avoid this at all costs if you’re hoping to sell your photographs! Professionals call these “mug shots” because they’re stagnant and unimaginative. They’re just not interesting unless there is something incredibly remarkable about a person’s face, or if their face is the focus of a close-up shot.

Rather, you want to capture people doing things. Their expressions and bodies are much more interesting when they’re in motion; your photos will show their natural humanity. For example, if you’re shooting photos of children, capture them running around and playing. Photograph a child flying a kite at dusk, and play with silhouettes and photo compositions by shooting from various angles and with various focus points. Shoot photos of a family talking and laughing, rather than just staring at the camera and smiling. Even if you’re just taking personal photos, you’ll find that you treasure those candid moments much more than staged poses. After all, real life is not posed and staged!

Even if you have no photography training and know nothing about how to take a good photo, knowing the Rule of Thirds will help you tremendously. It’s an easy trick to improve your photo composition, whether you choose to implement the rule while you’re taking the photo or while you’re editing it in a program like Photoshop. To start out, grab a normal, 4” X 6” print photo that you don’t care about marking up. Divide it into thirds by draw two equally space vertical lines and two equally spaced horizontal lines on it, like a tic-tac-toe grid. These lines are the basis for the Rule of Thirds.

Since the human eye is naturally drawn to a point about two-thirds up a photo, you want the focus of your photo to be located at one of the intersections of these composition lines rather than in the middle of the photo. This makes for a dynamic photo and really sets professional photographers apart from amateurs. You should practice shooting photos with the subject located on one of these intersecting points and see the difference for yourself. You’ll notice that your photos will be more pleasing to the eye, and it can help you sell your photos more easily.

In today’s market of trying to make a living. It is hard for us to think about doing something we love to do. Like taking photos of love ones and friends. What about a home based photography business.

If you was able to make money by doing something we all love to do. It would make life a little easier for us. You would not even have to quit you 9 to 5 job. This would be extra money for you.

In today days world, it is good to have a  job that you love to do.  Have you ever thought about having a photograhy home business.

All you need is a computer and some photos that you love and would want to share. Lets learn how and start making some extra money for you and your famliy.

There is always a market to sell photos.  Photographic services are needed by magazines and newspapers, companies putting up Web sites, advertising agencies, not to mention weddings, a newborn child, a sporting event as well as other groups all of which will pay for photography.
 
Many people take photographs for self-fulfillment reasons.  However, creating a home based photography business for commercial purposes allows you to work at home and make a very good income.