Articles: Photo Tips for Better Pictures

Rules of Thumb

You might recall the forum post Simplify and Isolate. Simplify the composition and isolate the subject. It may take some effort to do this, but at a zoo, you do have more control over the situation than you generally do... (more)

Photography Obstacles

Cages: Single level caging, wherever the animal is only behind one layer, can often be dealt with… but it's tricky. When the caging is wherever you can place your camera up towards it, merely put your camera so that you can shoot through but don't put your lens... (more) 

Anti-Shake Lenses

Numerous Nikon and Canon lenses now come with vibration reduction (Nikon) and image stabalization (Canon) choices that you can either switch on or off. The benefits of VR and IS, is that you could acheive sharper photographs... (more)

Shooting in Raw Format

Should you shoot in Raw, your pc instead of the digital camera will process the information and generate an image file form it. Guess which has more processing energy: your digital digital camera or your computer? Shooting in... (more)

Shooting in JPG format

Whenever you shoot in JPEG the camera’s internal software program (frequently known as "firmware" because it’s part of the hardware within your camera) will consider the info off the sensor and rapidly procedure it prior... (more)