Rick Sammon's Top Ten Digital Photography Tips

Rick Sammon's Top 10 Digital Photography Tips

1. Learn How to See the Light - See the color, quality, angle of light as well as shadows and contrast when taking digital photographs.
2. Depth and Dimension - Try to create a sense of depth and dimension in your digital photos. One way to do it is to use foreground objects when composing a shot.
3. Take a Hike - Take your time and walk around a scene to look for the best shooting angles.
4. Always Look Down, Back, and Up - Look around to find better shooting opportunities.
5. Tell the Whole Story - Take wide-angle, medium angle, vertical, and horizontal shots as well as digital photos of details.
6. Frame It! - Look for some object to frame the digital photograph to make it more interesting
7. Beware of the Background - Backgrounds can make or break a digital photograph.
8. Fill the Frame - Try to fill the entire shot with the subject.
9. RAW Rules! - RAW format preserves all the information while compressed formats like JPEG lose some information in the digital photograph.
10. Envision the End Result - Editing can change the whole look of the digital photograph, so think of the end result when composing an image.