Hi lovelies!
As part of my foray into the world of blogging tips and tutorials, I thought I'd put together a little post on how to get the best photographs that you can!
I can't stress how important good photography is to a blog. I also know that probably sounds a little hypocritical coming from me, whose photography is rather erratic at the best of times! But, it is really important if I had the chance to magically make some aspect of my blogging perfect, it would definitely be to be able to produce consistently great photographs. That's why I've been focusing a lot on my photography and it's set-up recently. And, I thought I would talk you through some solid tips to help you get your photography better than it's ever been! While I designed this post with nails sort of in mind, they really apply to most blogging photography.
Originally I was going to arrange these in order of importance, but then realised non are more important than any other and you need the combination of all of these (and more!) in order to produce good photos. However, in saying that, there is a couple of super important points that I want to mention before I delve into the nitty grittys.
First off is that you need to take your camera off the auto setting. You will not get any decent photos with your camera on auto (it's depicted by a little A, or Auto). Put the camera on program auto at the very least. Program means that the camera automatically sets the aperture and shutter speed but allows you to change things like the white balance, macro and ISO settings, all of which are important and I will talk about later.
The second thing that I want to touch on is that you don't need a big fancy DSLR camera to take good pictures. I have used a Canon 60D in the past, and while I liked it and it's useful in some instances, my heart lies still with my favourite baby, my Olympus XZ-1. This is a little more than a standard point and shoot but less intense as a proper DSLR. It also takes excellent glow in the dark pictures and it's less bulky when I'm trying to manoeuvre it around my rather small photography set-up.
As part of my foray into the world of blogging tips and tutorials, I thought I'd put together a little post on how to get the best photographs that you can!
I can't stress how important good photography is to a blog. I also know that probably sounds a little hypocritical coming from me, whose photography is rather erratic at the best of times! But, it is really important if I had the chance to magically make some aspect of my blogging perfect, it would definitely be to be able to produce consistently great photographs. That's why I've been focusing a lot on my photography and it's set-up recently. And, I thought I would talk you through some solid tips to help you get your photography better than it's ever been! While I designed this post with nails sort of in mind, they really apply to most blogging photography.
First off is that you need to take your camera off the auto setting. You will not get any decent photos with your camera on auto (it's depicted by a little A, or Auto). Put the camera on program auto at the very least. Program means that the camera automatically sets the aperture and shutter speed but allows you to change things like the white balance, macro and ISO settings, all of which are important and I will talk about later.
The second thing that I want to touch on is that you don't need a big fancy DSLR camera to take good pictures. I have used a Canon 60D in the past, and while I liked it and it's useful in some instances, my heart lies still with my favourite baby, my Olympus XZ-1. This is a little more than a standard point and shoot but less intense as a proper DSLR. It also takes excellent glow in the dark pictures and it's less bulky when I'm trying to manoeuvre it around my rather small photography set-up.
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| Still my favourite baby... |
