1. How to take better pictures
By John O’Connor

2. Learn how to use your
camera!
• The best camera to use is the one you
have with you!
• Understand what your camera can do and
what it can’t do (Cell phone –vs-DSLR)
• Learn how to use your camera’s settings
• Practice, Practice, Practice the more
pictures you take the more you will
understand what works and what doesn’t
• Keep your camera CLEAN! Especially the
Lens.

3. Think about what you are taking a picture of
Focused on the subjects action. Stopping
the action. Fast shutter speed.
Focused on the subject, watching the
action. Slow shutter speed
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4. Watch the BACKGROUND! Move closer or a
try a different angle, better yet ………
Don’t position your subjects poorly
So that trees don’t bisect their heads,
or so that branches grow out of them

5. Move THEM! A clean simple background
can make all the difference in the world!

6. Learn how to use the FLASH!
Too Much Just Right

7. Save and Organize your Pictures Regularly!
Download and save your pictures to your computer or device often
Then you can erase your memory cards and use them again
This will save space on your memory card so you don’t run out!
Create a file system so that you can locate your pictures easily
Try not to delete the picture files with the camera. Delete the files
AFTER you have downloaded them to your computer.
Backup and copy your picture files to a external hard drive ,a CD or a
DVD, the cloud is an option as well. DON’T LOSE THEM! If it was
important enough to take a picture of at the time, it is important
enough to find the time to save it!

8. Thank you! Family Pictures are Treasures!
All photographs by John O’Connor