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Photo Tips Courtesy of Kodak.com
1. Remember to Keep Extra Film and Batteries With You
You'll need them when you least expect it and want them the most.
2. Get Close to Your Subject
If you are photographing your kids, your brand new car, or some flowers in your garden don't be afraid to fill the frame with your subject. Eliminating some background that isn't essential to the subject makes a stronger photograph.
3. Look For a Unique Perspective
Don't hesitate to explore different ways to photograph the same old subjects. For portraits, try getting eye level with your subject, it helps to make the image more engaging. Photograph everything off center, do things you wouldn't normally do and see if you like it!
4. Use Your Flash Outdoors
During mid-day, direct sun creates harsh shadows that look unnatural and unpleasant when photographing people outdoors. In these situations turn on your flash, called a fill flash, which will soften out the light and eliminate the shadows creating the same quality of light on a cloudy day. This technique is also helpful with extremely "backlit" situations, such as a portrait of your child on a beach with the sun setting in the background. The camera will read the sunset as a sufficient quantity of light to make a good exposure, however because that main source of light is behind your subject, your child will end up being too dark, or underexposed. The fill flash will help to correct this problem, but you have to be able to recognize the situations where you need it.
5. Know the Range of Your Flash
Your latent images, or exposed negatives, will begin to loose quality after around a month of sitting in your camera. By developing the film sooner you can help to ensure the highest quality in your images and prints.
6. Develop Your Film Promptly After Exposed
Your latent images, or exposed negatives, will begin to loose quality after around a month of sitting in your camera. By developing the film sooner you can help to ensure the highest quality in your images and prints.
7. Be Conscious of the "Decisive" Moment
Whatever it may be that you are photographing, there is always going to be a specific moment, expression, smile, laugh or way that the light is hitting the subject that is more telling than the rest. The ability to foresee that moment is extremely challenging and comes with experience so keep your finger on the shutter and make a lot of pictures!
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