TIP 1: GO OVER THERE
Go closer to the subject(s) to gain a realistic view. This could be lowering yourself to your dog's height, or moving closer to the car you want to capture.
On this photograph you can see that the photo camera was moved to the height of the pigeon, and that it was also zoomed (or brought closer) to gain a great closeup. The great photo named 'Curious' was made by Theshinyrock on Deviantart.
TIP 2: BE FAST
Just be fast in some cases! Your subject may stop smiling, move, bolt, fly away, or whatsoever. Don't wait until you know 100% that all the buttons' settings are correct, edit the photo later if you really want to.
TIP 3: BE SMART, BE SIMPLE
Don't use all the functions your camera has. Just keep it clean and simple. But don't rely on a fully automatic setting. Go change some things, but be smart, be simple.
SETTINGS, by Hampalampa on Deviantart.
TIP 4: FOCUS
If you think about it, everything in life can be made as an interesting photo. Some thing that may seem boring at first, can be changed to a great photo with interesting insides.
It's really easy to just photograph anything. The hard part is to make it interesting. Select only what you want in your photo. There can be side things, but do put the focus on your main object.
FOCUS, by Shimp.
TIP 5: DONT FEAR
Don't allow yourself to be paralyzed by fears of using the wrong settings and such. If you are afraid of upsetting someone by taking their picture, just go up and ask if it's okay. Nine of the ten times they say ok. But don't go secretly snapping photo's of people when you didn't ask him/her yet.
-Justphotoshopping Team
