Digital Photography Basics and Tips
Digital cameras have taken the stress out of taking a good or bad photo. These days it is virtually point and click. It cannot be any easier than that. With the new digital cameras you can take several photos and within minutes you can edit, put on disk or upload onto the Internet for anyone to view.
Phone Cameras
Cameras on our phones are not as good. Sure these take photos, although I believe that it is so frustrating when someone says look at my wonderful dog, or look at a picture of my grandchild. To be honest, I cannot see the photo very well at all on a camera phone. I agree some phones take better pictures than others, but has anyone else had this problem or is it my age causing this problem?
Tips for phone use 
· Set the revolution to high before starting.
· Move in close to object
· Where possible use a plain background.
· Also do not take photos of other people, without their permision, use discretion at all times.
Digital Cameras
Here are a few tips that we have picked up over the years, each camera will vary with their settings
· When taking pictures of small animals, bend down so that you are on eyelevel with them.
· With flowers, (if you can put the setting on flower) same as animal bend close to flower, or if possible lock the focus.
· Take high photos by turning camera to vertical upright, so you do not cut peoples head or tops of buildings off.
· Instead of centering a person or object, move it to one side and capture part of the landscape.
· If there is not enough light, use flash or position more lighting where possible.
· Set your camera to time, allowing enough time for camera person to move into picture or ask someone else if they could take a family picture. You can return the favor for them.
· Take pictures of people with a backdrop scene, keeping in mind to have the focus on the people. If set on auto, the camera should focus on the people automatically.
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When taking photos of fish in an aquarium always bend down and take photo upwards to prevent the shine of glass reflecting back through the photo.
Nature Pictures
These would have to offer the best type of photography. Capture nature at its best and worst elements, the storms, sunsets, sunrises overflowing rivers and creeks. Fishing trip photos of that big one that got away, yes you need proof or they will not believe you.
Experiment 
To improve your photography pictures, you will need to experiment with the camera settings. One that we like is the sepia one. This makes your pictures look like they were taken in the roaring twenties or your grandparent's day. They look good.
Video Cameras
The technology of these has gone ahead in leaps and bounds. You can upload them straight onto the various internet sites like youtube now quite simply.
The only thing we do not like is the screen. We prefer to look through the lens, you are more certain of the picture that way. Our new JVC drives me mad, as sometimes we zoom in and forget to put it back. When videoing as we drive the scene looks good on the camera, but on playback it flies past and you cannot see the scenery at all. That is of course the fault of the camera person.
Save Money when buying Cameras
Do not rush out and buy the camera when it first comes out. Wait a couple of months. Our video camera cost us nearly six hundred dollars a couple of months later it is three hundred dollars.
Hopefully these digital photography basics and tips might help improve and encourage you to get out there and start capturing a few more of those precious moments on the digital camera with photographic memories to last you a lifetime.
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These cameras change so fast. What is up to the minute one day is old hat the next. Good tips here
I think you meant "resolution" instead of "revolution".
As for the phone cameras, they have a different purpose compared to the other cameras. They have the "share" option that you can use to post on Facebook and other social networks. One click and all your friends and family can enjoy the picture : no need of a computer to transfer your photos, reduce the size of the picture to upload.
It's a whole new way to enjoy photography. It might not be as beautiful as "real" cameras but it does its job nowadays where people want to be everywhere and share everything.
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