Digital Photography Tips

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Choose a Good Digital Camera

Select a camera with good quality range, good resolution, and a wide range of options.
Consider a 3-5 megapixels for good quality images, 7 megapixels and up for more professional output.
An optical zoom feature produces better quality outputs than digital zoom.
Select a storage media that lets you store more images, but is not very expensive.

Capture small details that brings out the best of nature.
Taking photos of kids who are unaware can sometimes capture rare special moments.
Adjust your brightness and contrast according to the amount of light coming from the sun or in your surroundings.
Hold you camera firmly and ensure that it does not interfere with the lens.
Prevent blurry and out-of-focus shots by half-depressing on the shutter button until the camera has enough time to lock the focus, before completely pressing the button to take the shot.
Preview captured shots to immediately decide whether to keep it or to delete and retake it.
Bringing an extra memory storage media can come in handy specially on long trips.
Have an extra battery ready for long photo sessions.

Adjust the aperture of your camera to control how much light enters the camera.
Control the shutter speed to create different impressions, like capturing high speed actions, or slow motion movements of objects.
Try to manually control the ISO to control the light sensitivity of the camera sensor.
Use filters and lenses to enhance the effect and mood of the captured photo.

Use a software that you can comfortably use, with good features to apply.
Eliminate red-eye and other unwanted portions from a photo.
Change brightness for a good photo touchup.
Take a dominant object of a photo scene as your guide in leveling the photo to make it look straight.