Photography tips and tricks for everyone

Ok, so it”s the time of the year, and your tree is all decorated and presents are piled up underneath. So how do you take good pictures of your Christmas tree?

Here are a few tips:

1. DON’T use flash – although this may seem counter-intuitive, if you use a flash, it’ll evenly light the tree, BUT, it’ll also overpower any lighting you’ve put up. So Keep the room lit by whatever light you usually use, and keep the lights on the tree switched on.
2. Use a tripod. Since you’re going to be using the ambient light in the room, you’ll be using a slow shutter speed.
3. Since you have a tripod, there’s no hurry to use a fast shutter speed, so you can also keep the ISO low, say (100-200). This will keep pixel noise to a minimum. Read more

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There’s an excellent article on Digital Photography School on photographing firework displays. It’s US based, and meant for the 4th of July celebrations, but a firework is a firework regardless of the time of year.

I’ve taken a few in my time, and have developed my own style for these (photos to follow when I’m not travelling about).

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OK, so lets be clear, I’ve added this with the tag “easy” since it covers the basic use of a camera to obtain better photos. While this is a good introduction, any pros or advanced users reading this might think I’m teaching them to suck eggs, this website is still pretty new, and I’m pitching to all levels.

What do you think, should I be going for the advanced techniques, or something aimed at everyone?

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