HotDog-Cart wrote:Thanks skyone.
That was taken with my 3.1mp cam. The camera does NOT have a flash.
First off, I am not trying to be offensive, just helpful, so keep that in mind please...
A flash on a camera is rather ugly anyhow, unless you can filter it. On a digital camera, you might as well forget about it- it's going to be obvious a flash was used, unless you pick up an SLR camera (or the equivalent), costing far more than it should. Tips to taking good pictures are pretty easy, actually-
1. Use a strong,
indirect light source. This will prevent glaring, which is most obvious in flash photography, for instance. If you have a room with lights in one area, that's okay- now, add some lights to the opposite side/angle, and perhaps in other areas of the room. What you want to do, is basically saturate the room in light from many angles, all the light being respectively strong; what you
don't want to do is to have one or two strong light sources, especially if they are focused beams (as in flashes, or flashlights).
1a. Failing the above, you can use flashlights, but do not point them at your object under scrutiny. Instead, point them away from the object, and allow the room to bounce the light back at the object. This helps eliminate shadows softly, and naturally softens the light, so that large amounts of light become less obvious, but still give a great result. One example of doing this- aim a flashlight at the ceiling, or at a wall; the same can be done with a lamp (sans lampshade)- point the base of the lamp at the object, and you're good to go.
2. If you have low light, and are shooting indoors, try shooting outside. Sunlight is very strong.
3. You have a lot of settings on modern digital cameras relating to light levels and exposure time. Play around with them, I guarantee you get a better shot by trying out different things.
Again, no offense, and I am sure there is a sticky about taking pictures, but I felt it needed to be said (and I'm too lazy at the moment to go look for the pictures sticky).