A trip to Tropical World is the perfect opportunity to snap some unforgettable family photos. Some of you have been sharing them with us through
Facebook and
Twitter. If you haven’t yet, use our awesome tips to capture that golden moment and then tag us. You don’t even need a fancy camera – just your mobile phone!
1. Use apps, such as Camera Awesome, Camera+ and Camera F5-V to enhance your smart phone pictures. There are some incredible camera apps on the market downloadable for free. They mimic the qualities of a professional DSLR camera allowing you to adjust lighting, ISO, exposure length as well as focus. Learning how these work will take your picture to a new level.
2. Get in close! If you’re images lack impact you’re probably not close enough. Get in close among the action – take a step closer to your subject. Fill the frame with your subject and see how much better your pictures are without all that wasted space.
3. The rule of thirds. You’ve probably heard this before but it really does work. Imagine two vertical lines crossing two horizontal lines in your frame. Some cameras and apps have a feature that shows a grid like this. Try putting your points of interest on one of the four points where the lines meet. This should create a pleasing composition.
4. Use burst mode to capture a range of expressions on your friends and family’s faces. In this mode several photos are taken in quick succession and it’s usually linked with sports or fast movement. But if you use this feature when taking portraits you’ll be surprise by the expressions you capture. They often tell a better story than a posed shot.
5. Slow down your camera’s shutter speed. This one is perfect for capturing dreamy images of our waterfall. Keeping the shutter open longer will make moving water look calm and silky or turn cars at night into long streaks of light. See what happens when you use it with animals moving around.
6. Get a new perspective! Images are more engaging when we see them from unusual angles. Crouch or lie down or elevate your position. See how it changes your subject. Shooting from a low angle can cause a subject to dominate; whereas higher up can minimise a subject in its surrounds.
7. Use flash during the day. It’s easy to think we only need to use flash at night or inside, but flash has all kinds of uses. A very bright day can create harsh shadows on a subject. You can blow these away by switching flash on and producing an even exposure.
Get a different perspective!
Wide angle photo of a scene
Cropped version of the wide angle photo
