1) Get down on their level

• Hold your camera at the subject's eye level to capture the power of those magnetic gazes and mesmerising smiles
• For kids and pets that means getting down on their level to take the picture
• They don't have to look directly into the camera, the eye level angle by itself will create personal and inviting feeling

2) Use a plain background

• Before taking a picture, check the area behind your subject
• Lookout for trees or poles sprouting from your subject's head
• A clutered background will be distracting while a plain background will emphasize your subject

3) Use flash outdoor

• Even outdoors, use the fill flash setting on the camera to improve your pictures
• Use it bright sunlight dark shadows under the eyes and nose, especially when the sun is directly overhead or behind your subject
• Use it on cloudy days, to brighten up faces and make them stand out from the backgroud

4) Move in close

• To create impactful pictures, move in close and fill your picture with the subject
• Move a few steps closer or use the zoom until the subject fills the viewfinder. You will eliminate background distractions and show off the details in your subject
• For small objects, use the camera's macro or 'flower' mode to get sharp close-ups

5) Take some vertical pictures

• Many subject look better in a vertical picture from the Eiffel Tower to portraits of your friends
• Make a conscious to turn your camera sideways and take some vertical pictures

6) Lock the fucus
Lock the focus to create a sharp picture of off-center subjects

• Center the subject
• Press the shutter button half way down
• Re-frame your picture (while still holding the shutter button)
• Finish by pressing the shutter button all the way

7) Move it from the middle

• Bring your picture to life simply by placing your subject off-center
• Imagine a tic-tac grid in your viewfinder. Now place your subject at one of the intersections of lines
• Since most cameras focus on whatever's in the middle, remember to lock the focus on your subject before re-framing the shot

8) Know your flash's range

• Pictures taken beyond the maximum flash range will be too dark
• For many cameras that's only ten feet about for step away. Check your manual to be sure
• If the subject is further than ten feet from the camera, the picture may be too dark

9) Watch the light

• Great light makes grate pictures. Study the effects of light in your pictures
• For people pictures, choose the soft lighting of cloudy days. Avoid overhead sunlight that casts harsh shadows across faces
• For scenic pictures, use the long shadows and color of early and late daylight

10) Be a picture director

• Take an extra minute and become a picture director, not just a passive picture-taker
• Add some props, rearrange your subjects or try a differ viewpoint
• Bring your subject together and let their personalities shine, Then watch your pictures dramatically improve

Photography is the process, activity and art of creating pictures or movies from the inclusion of a radiation sensitive medium such as photographic film or electronic sensor. Patterns of light emitted or reflected from objects turn hazardous chemical or electronic sensor during a time exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device like a camera that stores the information received known chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure.

Lens and mounting a large-format camera.
A historic camera: the Contax S of 1949 - the first pentaprism SLR.
Nikon F of 1959 - the first system of 35mm film camera.
Late Production Camera Minox B with a style that later, "honeycomb" Photocell

The word "photography" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is on the Greek "light" and "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", ie all the "drawing with light". Traditionally, the product of photography as negatives and photographs, which was often shortened to photo.