In order to be a photographer, you must be able to make decisions, not simply point a camera and press a button.
Photography can be an important activity as it can help people, adults and children, understand what the media projects every day.
Besides that, it is a good hobby, and photography can help people understand the world around them, especially through someone else's eyes.
It is a great way to bring together a community project as well.
One has to be very careful when handling a camera, otherwise you can leave fingerprints on the optics of it.
The problem with fingerprints on the optics is that your pictures won't turn out as clear in some parts as they could.
In order for peak performance, and clear pictures, make sure you clean your camera all over regularly with the right cloth and solution.
Not all cleaning products work on the optics, such as tissue paper, fingers, saliva, or household cleaning solutions.
Only use what you can get at a camera store.
The autofocus of most cameras has a two-step shutter release.
Pressing the button down half-way locks the focus of the picture, and pressing it down all the way takes the picture.
Depressing the shutter only half-way allows you to select what part of the picture you would like to be clearly focused; after holding the button halfway down, you can move the picture so that the subject is where you want it to be and yet is still focused.
Always press the button gently, not jerkingly, so as not to move the camera too much from the frame and composition.
Depth of field is all the objects in the foreground and the background around the subject of your photo, and they will be in focus as well as your subject.
The focusing distance and the size of the image, as well as the aperture you're using, can change the way depth of field is perceived.
The larger the aperture, the smaller the depth of field.
For example, if you move closer to your subject, the depth of field would decrease.
If you move farther away, or use a smaller aperture, the depth of field would decrease.
One aspect of taking a pleasing photograph is depth of field.
When you look at a picture, you will notice that all the area surrounding the focused subject is also focused.
This area is called depth of field.
In order to change the way the depth of field in a picture is seen, focused, and lit, you must change the width of your lens.
The wider the lens is, the smaller the depth of field will be.
To decrease the depth of field you can also move closer to your subject.
To increase it, you can use a smaller lens or move further away from your subject.
To take a successful landscape picture, you want the whole thing to be in focus.
You'll want the focal length to be as short as possible, to create a greater depth of field.
You can use the rule of thirds to create a balance between land and sky.
Also, having a subject, such as an object in the foreground, might give a better sense of dimensionality.
When photographing water, you will want to use a slow shutter speed, giving the impression of water flowing, and when photographing the sea, add a polarizing filter and give the water a transparency effect.
In order to take a panoramic picture, you must have a tripod.
Set your camera on the tripod and make sure that it can swivel smoothly only left and right; you don't want it to go tilt up and down.
If this happens, your resulting picture will not look right.
You'll have to mentally note where the edges of your picture are, so that you can know where to overlap the next ones.
Keeping the tripod planted in the same place, swivel the camera to one side, left or right, and take a second picture overlapping part of your first shot.
Continue to do this until you have all the pictures you want.
To put them all together, all you have to do is use a basic graphics or picture editing program to put them all in the right order, and you will have a panoramic picture!