How To Take Good Digital Pictures - SiPix StyleCam Pro Owner's Manual

How to Take Good Digital Pictures

Taking Pictures On Sunny Days
When taking pictures on a bright sunny day, make sure your subject is facing the sunlight and
not standing back to the sunlight. Standing back against the sunlight may cause dark faces
and comparatively more exposed background.
Avoid having the sunlight to shine from the side of your subject because it may create a
shadow across your subject.
Avoid taking a picture of an area where the sunlight is being reflected (e.g. shinny metal) or
the sunlight is very strong (e.g. yellow may look white in direct sunlight).
When taking pictures in high-contrast lighting (extremely bright areas with extremely dark
shadows), the camera can only expose one of the areas properly. To ensure that the subject
receives the proper exposure, position the subject such that most of the subject is illuminated
evenly (all dark or all bright), and try to fill the picture with as much of the subject as possible.
Taking Pictures Indoors
When taking pictures indoors, make sure there is not a bright light source (sun, window,
lamp) in the picture or behind the subject. The presence of a bright light source in the image
or behind the subject may cause your subject to be improperly exposed.
Remember to use the flash when taking pictures in a setting that does not have sufficient
lighting. For example, insufficient lighting is in a room with only tungsten light, or on a dark
cloudy day.
When taking photos in low light, the camera requires more time to take a picture. Because of
this, it is possible for the image to be blurred by either camera movement or subject
movement. To avoid camera shake, place the camera on a tripod (or table using the
tilt/swivel base) when recording images of stationary subjects, or instruct your subject to
stand very still when recording images of people. The best solution, however, is to increase
the level of ambient lighting, if it is possible.
How to Avoid Blurry Pictures
Hold the camera steady when you take a photo. It helps to rest your hand or elbow on a still
object (ex: car, railing, table) to keep the camera still.
When taking still shots, make sure your subject is not moving.
When taking digital video, hold the camera steadily and move slowly to avoid blurriness and
shaking in the video.
Sufficient Lighting
The Video mode on the StyleCam Deluxe is optimized for recording video in good lighting
conditions. Make sure you have sufficient lighting in the area where you want to take a video
clip. For indoor settings, it is good to have a bright lamp to illuminate the room so that you
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