Tips For Taking The Best Pictures - HP Photosmart 318 User Manual

Tips for taking the best pictures

Try to fill the entire frame with your subject and exclude
unwanted detail.
Keep the sun behind you or at your side, not directly overhead
or in front of you.
If the light is behind your subject, use the
increase the light on the front of your subject.
When the ambient light is low, use the flash. Make sure you
keep the subject within the flash range (2.5 m, or about 8 feet).
If you use the
steady the camera during exposure.
The camera takes about a second to focus and adjust the
exposure when you press the
Wait until you see the steady green light to the right of the
viewfinder, then press the
take the picture. If this is the first time you are using a digital
camera, you might want to practice to become accustomed to
the timing.
If a yellow light appears to the right of the viewfinder when you
press the
the exposure will be longer than 1/30 second (or both). Try the
following:
• Make sure that you are not too close to your subject and
that you frame your pictures with the desired subject in the
center. The camera's automatic focus has a range of 20 cm
12
2.5 meters
FLASH OFF
button, the camera cannot find a focus or
SHUTTER
FLASH ON
setting in low light, use a tripod to
button halfway down.
SHUTTER
button all the way down to
SHUTTER
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