8 tips - Snapshots on Vacation

When vacation arrived at your camera then you have to smart and know-how takes a great moment of photo vacation. Great taken vacation snaps can be very interesting and moment to remember as lifelong treasure.

1. Know your camera
- Understand and explore creative manual options and advanced digital features of your Digicams. Fast shutter speed, apply special effect, shoot, scene and focus mode are some features at Digicams.
Exploit your camera can be fun and exciting, so start from now to know your camera and get experience further of your Digicam's.
Hint: Avoid shots that include the sun

2. Power up
- Know-how "SoV" to manage power—dead batteries ruin great photo.
- Always take two sets or spare of batteries and a chargerUSe one set in the camera while the other charges.
- Invest in a super-long-lasting, clip-on, rechargeable Lithium Ion power pack, which can be used with most digital cameras.
- Find out what kind of power adapter you need for foreign parts—possibly a transformer, more likely just a plug adapter—and get it before you leave. If you can't tell what you need from the camera's manual, ask the retailer where you bought it.
- The digicam's LCD screen is a power hog—turn it off and use the optical view finder most of the time.
So prepare your Digicam before you lost your great moment cause the power issue.
Hint: Do use the LCD when shooting close-ups to avoid inaccurately framed shots.

3. Bring enough memory
- Prepare your huge memory if you want to capture more photo or read manual to know "how many huge of memory can be accept to your Digicam and how many shots at a given size and quality you can store on your memory card" to make sure before strting to capture.
Hint: Biggest size = highest resolution for making jumbo print enlargements.
Conserve by using lower resolution for shots you know you'll only want to print small or e-mail.

4. Protect your gear
- Stay away from water and carry your camera in a waterproof bag. Digicams are very susceptible to water damage except your Digicam is waterproof so take care your camera.
- Buy set a pack of silica gel in camera stores can reduce moisture further
- Put your memory cards in the plastic tray provided to avoid x-rays, metal detectors, or anything with a magnetic field, when going through security airport.

5. Compose carefully
- Make the main subject BIG
- More often than not, avoid placing your main subject dead center. Imagine a tic-tac-toe grid overlaying the picture frame. Try to place the subject at one of the grid's intersections.
- When shooting landscapes and sunsets, decide which is pictorially more important: land or sky. If land, place the horizon in the top third of the picture, if sky, place it in the bottom third seldom in the middle.
- Look for natural frames in the scene to better compose the main subject
- Look for lines in the scene

6. What to shoot—and when
- Shoot more often in the half hour to two hours before and after sunrise and sunset. The low-angle light at these times produces dramatic and pleasing results
Hint: When shooting in low light—outside or in—always use a lightweight mini tripod to hold the camera steady for the slower shutter speeds required
- "Try and look below the surface" when photographing your travels. Look for shots that capture something of the local ambience and culture.
- Check calendars ahead of time for festivals and other special events you can shoot. Check out harbor areas and amusement parks. Shoot farmers' markets early in the morning when locals are shopping.
Hint: Learn a few words of the local language and always ask people before taking their pictures. Most happily agree.

7. Add stunning photo effects
- Combine black and white and color in one image and other cool effects. With many of today's digital imaging software packages or image-editing program, you can apply amazing effects to adjust contrast and brightness to your photos that used to be available only to professional photographers.
Hint: Before you start, make a working copy of your original image by saving it with a new file name.
By doing all your work on your working copy of the image, you can always start over with a fresh copy of the original if you don't like the results.
Hint: Silhouettes look terrific in black and white, as do old buildings. The effect adds drama. But be sure to reserve this technique for landscapes or buildings. Photos of family members in black and white may not be as warm as you want them to be.
- Fill the frame for dramatic effect. Experiment by moving the camera up and down, side to side. Tilt the camera to various angles and see what it shows you or try to change your perspective. Fill the frame with the object that interests you most. If your digital camera has an LCD screen, you can use it to improve your sensitivity to the entire scene.
- Get up close! Most people see a group of flowers, say "Wow!", and snap a shot of the whole bunch. Don't settle for this canned shot; zoom in on the details. Almost every camera has a magnify or macro button that lets you get close and create a much more interesting photo.

8. Organize and share what you shoot
- Download your photo to your computer and organize it then tell your vacation story to your family and friends.
Always smile before take some pictures, so it will energize you to get a great photo!