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  Do you know how to frame? There are various composition techniques in photography. The most widely known one is the rule-of-thirds. You can also use leading lines, negative space, and symmetry to name a few.  There is one composition technique that can quickly lead the eye of the viewer on your photo. Have you ever used elements in your composition to outline or frame your subject? If so, then you have successfully used the framing technique.  Look around you when taking photos. Is there anything in the foreground that can surround your subject, either fully or partially? It can...

Are you wondering how you can print your phone photos? Do you have hundreds of photos in your camera roll on your phone? Join the club! We all take a lot of photos with our phones. They accumulate and mostly just sit there. When you look back at them you may find some that are interesting and that you would like to print.  Don’t have a printer at home? No problem. Several online businesses let you forward your photos and they print them out for you and send them to your home.  Online services like Shutterfly, Vistaprint, Snapfish, and Nations...

Want to know a simple trick to get amazing photos of kids? Kids are almost always on the move. It can be difficult to make them sit down to take portraits. Why not take photos of them in action? You can get some cool shots of children when they are out and about doing their thing. One great way to capture those moments is to use the burst mode on your smartphone. When you use burst mode, the phone takes several rapid photos in a row and then you can go through them to pick the best ones.   You...

Why are odd numbers better than even numbers? Ever wonder why you are drawn to some photos more than others? There are many rules of composition in the photography world - the rule of odds is one of them.  When you include objects in your photo it’s best to add an uneven number. 1, 3, 5 instead of 2, 4,or 6 for example. After 7, it doesn’t really matter the number of objects in the shot.  Why is that? It’s a well known fact that our eyes move better across a photograph if there are an odd number of elements...

Do you know how to access your camera quickly? Sometimes something happens and you have to take a photo quickly. You have a few seconds to unlock your phone, tap the camera icon to take your photo. Well, often the time you take fiddling about getting into your phone the moment has passed.  Did you know that you can access your camera from your locked phone? Yes, simply slide your lock screen to the left and the camera will open automatically so you can take a fast photo. The photo will be saved to your camera roll but you will...