Tips For Taking Great Photos With Your Digital Camera (NAPSA)—Most people tend to take digital pictures in the same way they’ve used film cameras or disposals. Basically, point and shoot. With practice it’s easy to masterall of the features offered by your digital camera and the terrific action shots you'll get makeit worth theeffort. From Jeffrey Housenbold and Dave Johnson, coauthors of the book “The Shutterfly Guide to Great Digital Photos,” come these tips for getting yourbest pictures. Freeze the moment with the two-step shutter release. Know how to use your two-step shutter release. By slightly press- ing down on the shutter release button, you can lock the focus. Now continue to hold the button so you can recompose the picture without changing the focus. Once you have the perfect photo, press the button all the way to snap the final shot. Eliminate the “lag time” by presetting the white balance. Cameras have an automatic way to adjust for different light- ing situations, called white bal- ance. When your white balanceis set to the “auto” default, your camera must adjust the colors each time you take a picture, and that creates lag time. Preset your white balance to the lighting youre in—daylight, night, fluorescent or incandescent. You'll get a faster response from your camera and bright, accurate colors every time. Step Up: Move close to the subject for that perfect shot. Highlight the motion by panning the camera. Panning captures your subject in sharp focus while blurring the background. Position yourself to follow the motion of the moving subject. Press the shutter release and hold it down for a few seconds as you swivel your body to follow the subject. Catch your kids in the act by getting close to the action. When photographing your child’s next soccer game, move closer to the action and stay down at kid level by shooting from your knees or on your belly. Also, your picture will have more impact if you frame the action tightly and keep one or only a few players in the shot. For more information about capturing and preserving your memories, visit www.shutterfly.com.
