Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo

Using a high-end digital camera does not mean that you will get good photos if you do not know how to take and use the functions available on digital cameras. Just taking the right shot and using a few basic functions at the right time can help you get the photos you want.

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 1 Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo

Here are some basic operations to help get a good digital photo

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Pay attention to your shooting posture and camera grip

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 2 Pay attention to your shooting posture and camera grip

First you need to pay attention to the pose. Camera shake when shooting is one of the common causes of blurry photos.

You can stand or sit depending on the situation, but your torso and arms should be steady to avoid camera shake when shooting. Use the index finger of your right hand to press the shutter while other parts of your body should be kept steady at all times.

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Choose the appropriate shooting mode

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 3 Choose the appropriate shooting mode

If you are not familiar with the parameters when taking pictures, it is best to use the automatic shooting mode - Auto or the available shooting modes - Scene of digital cameras, they respond well in most cases. often.

See the manual Using your digital camera's shooting modes

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Focus on the right subject to capture

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 4 The subject in the photo is blurred because the focus frame is towards the background

You have to focus - Focus properly and on the right subject. Point the frame or focus point on the camera's screen toward the subject you want to capture or highlight. The camera always has an indicator light or an icon displayed on the screen indicating the Focus status.

Normally when shooting you will press the shutter button down about 1/2 and hold for a few seconds for the camera to automatically focus and then press again to shoot. If the camera can't focus usually due to low light, use the focus assist function - Focus Assist Illuminator or switch to manual focus - Manual Focus.

If you still can't focus, move the shooting position or the subject you want to capture, don't continue shooting when the camera can't focus because the image may be blurred.

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Adjust the light properly

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 5 Differences between digital camera metering modes

Light is very important in photography, it is one of the essential elements to create a good photo. You have many ways to adjust the light when shooting with a digital camera, and which way to use will depend on each different case as well as the liking and creativity of each person.

Using the correct metering mode is the first thing to do. Digital cameras have many metering modes, including Evaluative/Matrix metering, Center Weighted metering, and Spot metering. When choosing center or spot metering mode, you must point the frame or metering point at the subject you want to capture. After measuring the brightness of the image you want to capture, the camera will automatically set the brightness and other shooting parameters.    

You can change the brightness of the photo you want to take by setting the parameters of exposure - Exposure, aperture - Aperture, light sensitivity - ISO, shutter speed - Shutter Speed, Flash, .

1. If the photo taken has an unsatisfactory brightness, try changing to other metering modes so that the camera can automatically adjust the brightness parameters.
2. When shooting backlit, even though it's bright, but the subject wants to be photographed in the shade or covered with light, you need to turn on the Flash - Flash On.
3. If the background behind is brighter than the subject to be photographed, the exposure compensation should be adjusted by increasing the exposure - Exposure up to equal brightness for the image.
4. When taking photos at night, in addition to using the night mode, you can also increase the light sensitivity - ISO. Note that the higher the light sensitivity, the more grainy the image will be.

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Correct color adjustment

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 6 The color of the photo taken when changing the white balance setting

When you wear a white shirt and stand in a room with yellow lights, under the influence of yellow lights, your shirt in the photo will no longer be white. At this time, the white balance function - White Balance of the digital camera will work to help adjust the colors in the photo to match the reality.

Digital cameras are equipped with automatic white balance function - Auto White Balance - AWB. This function will automatically recognize and classify the light source to adjust the color of the photo to match the reality. However, in some cases if the auto white balance function doesn't work correctly or you simply want your photos to have a different tone, you can change the white balance setting.  

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Reasonable photo composition

Basic operations to have a beautiful digital photo Picture 7 Composition photos according to the rule of thirds by putting the subject in the position of the 4 focal points

When it comes to composition in photography, a lot of people will think of the Rule of Thirds. Rule of thirds created by 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines to divide the photo frame into 9 equal parts. The vertical and horizontal lines will intersect at 4 points called accents.

A photo that adheres well to the Rule of Thirds is that when the subject you want to capture is on the highlights and the background, if there is a horizon, this horizon is parallel to or coincides with one of the two horizontal lines.

Most digital cameras allow you to set up a Grid Display to help with image composition. By default, this setting will not be enabled, if you want to go to the settings menu of the digital camera to turn it on. 

After taking digital photos, they should be sent to a computer to use a graphics program to handle the flaws of the subject, erase unwanted parts on the image, adjust the brightness and color to get the best results. nice photo as expected.

1. Note that you cannot edit photos that are too blurry or lose detail due to lack of light. 
2. Before taking a photo, please check the image in the display, if you find the image is not good, you should change to another shooting mode or change the settings of the camera.
3. You should adjust the frame a little larger than the photo you want to capture so that you can recompose later such as rotate, crop, crop, reduce if needed.

Marvin Fry

Update 08 May 2023