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You must have heard that a digital camera (hereinafter referred to as DC) can do anything. As long as you press the button, a great photo will magically appear in front of you. The better the camera, the better the photo. Is that really the case? Hell, of course not!

The truth is, you can take great photos with a simple consumer fool DC, or you can take junk photos with the most expensive DC. Beautiful photos are not taken by cameras, but by photographers. As long as you have some knowledge of photography and a desire for continuous improvement, you can use your small DC to take big photos that can be published in Time magazine.

In order to help you make rapid progress on the road to becoming a great photographer, here are 10 tips that can make you take pictures like a professional without spending a lot of money on expensive equipment.

1. Warm your photos.

Do you find that sometimes the photos taken have a cold feeling? If the answer is yes, then you are not alone. The default white balance setting of DC is automatic, which is applicable in most cases, but sometimes it makes the scene too cold.

When you shoot outdoor scenery, especially in sunny days, try to adjust your white balance to cloudy level. Yes, it is cloudy. This change is like adding a warm color filter in front of your camera. Make the red and yellow in the photo more full, thus warming this photo, Bashang grassland tourism.

The picture 1a was taken in a mountainous area, and the white balance was set to automatic.

Figure 1b In the same scene, I changed the white balance to cloudy, and put a pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses (Canon PowerShot S200, program mode) in front of the camera.

Try it if you don't believe me. Take two groups of photos outdoors with automatic white balance and cloudy white balance, and then compare them on the computer. I guess you'll like the one that looks warm.

Use sunglasses as polarizers

If you really want your photos to have an impact, wear a polarizer. Polarizer is a necessary filter for every photographer. It can filter out glare and unexpected reflected light and make your photos more saturated, especially for the sky.

what did you say ? /Excuse me? Your DC cannot be filtered. Don't be disappointed, I have a unique trick that has been used on my stupid DC for many years. If you have a pair of sunglasses of acceptable quality, just take them off and put them in front of your lens. This is your polarizer. Of course, keep them as close to your DC lens as possible, and don't block anything that is not blocked.

Fig. 2a was shot normally without any filter.

Figure 2b was shot in the same situation, but I put sunglasses in front of the camera as a filter. Have you noticed the enhanced colors and the bluer sky? Ha ha. (Canon PowerShot S200, program mode)

For best results, aim any of your shoulders at the sun. When the light source forms a 90-degree angle with the subject, the polarization effect is the best.

3. Shiny style of outdoor portrait

An undiscovered function of digital cameras is to fill the flash or flash mode. By manually controlling the flash instead of letting DC decide when to flash and when not to flash, you have taken a key step on the road to creating excellent outdoor portrait photos.

In forced flash mode, the camera first exposes the background and then illuminates the person you want to shoot just right. The result is a professional-looking photo and everything looks so comfortable. In fact, wedding photographers have been using this technique (I used to wonder why they used flash in broad daylight).

Figure 3. The two little boys are in the shade. I turned on forced flash mode and everything in the photo was exposed correctly. (Canon Powershot G2, 1/250, F4, flash on)

When you use this technology, you can let your model stand on different light paths, such as measuring light or even backlighting, and you will take photos of the edge of your hair shining, so that your model will not squint because of the glare of the sun, and of course it will look more natural.

Remember, the built-in flash of most cameras is only 10 feet (3.05 meters) or even shorter, so you should never stand too far away from your model.