Photography Tips for the Holidays: Avoiding Red Eye, Get Closer, and Making Prints

We all bring out our cameras during the holidays… getting together with family and friends is one of the most enjoyable things to do this time of the year. Be sure to capture these times with some great and candid photos of everyone. Here are a few tips to help create better photos:

1. Avoiding red eye in children: Red eye is caused when people look at the flash, the light from the flash hits your retina, which is red from the blood vessels. Now, it is easy to tell adults to not look at the flash… for children, try holding up a small stuffed animal just above the lens or just off to the side (but not too much off to the side) and tell them to look at the toy instead.

2. Get closer for better composition. When taking a group photo, the closer, the better. Try to arrange people into a pyramid formation and get everyone in nice and close. One of the best times to get a group photo is just before dinner is served.

3. If you are using a digital camera, remember to shoot at a medium file size if you would like to print any of the images. Using too small of a file size will result in grainy pictures when you go to print them. You can always easily resize the images to be smaller for emailing or posting to websites.

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