Taking pictures is too easy.

Dont be that person.

Learn to take high-quality pictures using any gear on hand and be proud of your selfies and snapshots.

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Thats the bad news.

Best of all, you dont need a fancy camera.

Heres the 13 best photography tricks for beginners.

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The reason for this is it detaches the viewer from the photo.

They feel floating above, uninterested, apart from what is seen.

Staying eye-level or lower than your subject adds drama and brings the viewer into intimate contact with the picture.

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The other side of it isthe aperture.

Blur It Up

This goes along with having a wide aperture.

Get In Tight

Moving in close to a subject is never a bad idea.

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This is yet another way to add a sense of immediacy and intimacy to every shot.

Even then, theres typically text to make the image more interesting.

By altering everything by hand, you do more work, but get more personalized results.

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The only thing that actually changed was the lighting.

Thats why it is important to capture subjects from lots of different sides.

Get angles of all kinds, good, bad, and strange to find what youre seeking.

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Have that in mind.

Though theres a daunting amount of power in image manipulation programs, focus on bite-sized pieces.

Learn Leading Lines

Our eyes will naturally follow any lines in a picture.

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This will naturally draw people in to anything youre photographing.

This gives us alove of symmetry.

Use Natural Framing

Combining the rule of thirds with leading lines will give usnatural framesin our photographs.

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Use that relative relationship to your advantage.

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Widen Your Aperture - photography tip

Give a Sense of Symmetry - photography tip

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