How To Take Better Photographs – Quick and Simple Tips to Improve Your Photography

by Blair Howard

How to Improve Your Photographs Almost InstantlyThis book has been updated for 2015.In this day and age, anyone with a digital camera can take good photos, right? Absolutely not. Most people can take good photos some of the time and, once in a while, they might well shoot one that could be termed a “great” photograph, but they can’t do it consistently, and they can’t do it to order. This book will show you how.No, THIS IS NOT A BOOK for professional photographers; it’s not even a book for advanced amateurs, though some of those so-called advanced amateurs might well benefit from it. It’s designed to quickly show beginning and intermediate photographers how to take better pictures. There are several key elements that must be present in a good photograph. This books explains what those key elements are, and how to incorporate them in all of your photos. How to take Better Photographs is a book for all those folks who love to take pictures, but just know that those pictures are not as good as they would like them to be; they know that’s something is not quite right, and they would like to do better. Well… you certainly can do better. This booklet will show you how. Yes, you can do better, and you can do it quickly, as quickly as tomorrow. You can learn how to take better photos than you ever thought possible. This book will show you how; it offers some quick and simple tips for taking better photos; tips that you can start using immediately. I am a professional photojournalist. I shoot photographs for a living, every day, have done for more than 30 years, and I’ve earned a good living from it. Many years ago, when I first started out in this industry I had a tough go of it; it was just as competitive 30 years ago as it today, maybe even more so because back then there were no online outlets – stock photo agencies, Kindle, and the like. Very early on, my mentor – what a great guy - showed me the basics of good photography, the three critical ingredients that must be present in every good photograph. They Good composition – if it’s not pleasing to the eye, it’s not pleasingAcceptable focus (notice I didn’t say perfect focus).Perfect exposure – no blocked out shadows or blown highlights. I’ll show how to accomplish these three things, almost instantly. Will I show you all there is to know about them? Nope, not in this book, that would take a couple of volumes, but I will teach you just enough about them to vastly improve the quality of your photos.About the Howard is a travel writer, author, and professional photographer specializing in vacation travel, golf travel, and golf course photography. His travels take him throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean playing golf, writing about his experiences, and photographing the golf courses he visits. He has been a photojournalist for more than 30 years. His interests include, not just writing, photography and travel, but he is also an avid Civil War buff.My work has appeared in countless national and international newspapers and magazines, in 35 published books and, of course, on the web. If you want to learn how to take better photographs, this short booklet will show you exactly how I do it. And you can start taking better photographs as soon as today, or tomorrow, depending upon what time you download the bookWill this book turn you into a professional photographer? Probaby not, but it will show you how to create better photographs than you ever have before, and it could be beginning of the road onward and upward to better things for you.

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 4, 2013

About the author

Blair C. Howard is a Royal Air Force veteran, a retired journalist, and the best-selling author of more than 50 novels, including the international best-selling Harry Starke series, and 23 travel books. In 2021, having been fascinated by the heavens almost from childhood, and a SciFi fan for almost as long, he decided to try his hand at writing a military space opera. His first journey into this genre resulted in the Sovereign Stars series. Book 1 in the series, Avenger was quickly followed by Gods of War and Armored Fleet.

Blair lives in East Tennessee with his wife Jo, and Jack Russell Terrier, Sally.

Reviews

[Stacey Story · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read a must for beginners

Very informative gave me some great ideas on how and where to take pictures and what kind of essential equipment you might need

[Danielle Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info

[Sarah Parry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent how to book for anyone wishing to improve their photography skills.