25 Ways of How to Improve Your Photos (50 pics)

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Portraits: Use telephoto lens or move the zoom display from wide angle to telephoto

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Trips: Add some action

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Shooting night scenery: Shoot 20 minutes after the sunset

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Shooting leaves: Limit the palette, highlight the main object

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Humans are in a horizontal position: Avoid legs being the center of your frame

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Macro nature photography: Come closer and get down on the plants’ level

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Genre scenes: Communicate with people who you take pictures of

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Motion: Follow your object, leave more space in front

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Colorful textures: Create a center of your picture

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Flowers: Lower down to the petals to see the skyline

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Street photography: Use the burst mode on your camera

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Children’s portraits: Shoot close-ups getting down on the child’s level

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Urban landscapes: Take photos on a sunny day in the afternoon

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Landscapes with a bright sky: Trim the top of the frame with the parts of foreground

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Men at work: Draw attention to the action by showing its observers

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Rain drops and dew: Use a macro lens, shoot close-ups

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Portrait: Don’t locate human’s head in the center of a frame; blur out the background by opening lens diaphragm and increasing the distance between the subject and the background

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Landscape with small details: Close the aperture and use the foreground as your frame, give attention to the most significant objects

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Horizon line: Avoid deviations when framing

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Aspect ratio of your photos: Select it based on your photo story

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Bright objects on a dark background: Manually darken the picture by selecting -1.0 correction for exposure value

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Reportage photography: Come closer to the subject; take a few shots from different angles

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Shooting at the zoo: Hide the cage and any foreign objects; change the angle and decrease the depth of field

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Architecture: Keep the buildings' verticality, hold your camera steady

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