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.

What would you do if, you were able to sell your old photos online to make some extra money?  Would you like to know more about it?  Would you like to know how easy it is to do?

Just by learn how, you have the change to pay off some of the bills that you hate. In know time the can be paid off and you have extra money in your pocket. Try a home based photography business, easy and fun to do.

If you just happen a vacation of a life time? Would you want to share your photos with everyone. What about making some money by doing so.

It is easy to do, and have fun doing it. Next year vacation may be paid off before you go. What to learn how to sell photos.