The document provides tips for taking good pictures. It recommends aiming for the action and starting to shoot before it starts. Photographers should use the rule of thirds to frame subjects, ensure faces are captured, and that lighting and focus are adequate. Essential gear includes a camera, memory card, extra battery, and telephoto or wide-angle lenses depending on the subject. The rule of thirds and proper focus are emphasized for artistic composition. Tips are also given for camera use and preparation.

1. How to Take Good Pictures
By
Jesse Carrillo

2. How Do You Take a Good Picture?
• Aim for the action
• Start shooting before the action starts
• Use the rule of thirds
• Capture faces
• Make sure your subject is well lit
• Make sure the subject is in focus
• Most important of all, don’t move your hands

3. What Do You Need to Take a Good
Picture?
• You need a camera
• If your taking pictures of sports use a
telephoto lenses to get close up, and a wide
range lens for close up pictures.
• An SD card with 8 or more GB’s of memory
• An extra battery
• A good spot

4. Rule of Thirds
It is important to use the rule of
thirds because it really brings out
the emotions in an image.

5. Focus
It is important that you focus on your
subject, or you get pictures like the
ones on the right.

6. Do’s
• Do find out how close you can get to events
and subjects
• Do carry extra equipment
• Do fix your body into a comfortable and stable
position for taking picture
• Do wear the strap at all times
• Do use auto-focus if you cant
use the manual focus
• Do take good pictures 

7. Don’ts
• Don’t take posed pictures for the newspaper
• Don’t take pictures with a almost full SD card
or almost dead battery without backup
• Don’t damage the camera
• Don’t try any acrobatics while holding the
camera 