National Geographic is widely known for its amazing photography, and they have been doing a lot to capitalize on
that impression. They offer classes and books and excursions with photo experts, everything any viable company that
needs to grow would do.
So it’s no surprise that you can find lots of photo info at the Nat Geo Web site. To wit, here is a short, but sweet
piece on shooting digital photos. There are ten top
tips aimed at the newbie shutterbug or intermediate. They are not revelatory, but they do offer some solid things
to remember when you are out shooting. Probably the two most useful tips here are
1) use your LCD screen to break the ice. This is something we did in India last year and it turned out to be a great
way to get people to let us shoot more photos. Kids swarmed around us and aped for the camera, villagers wanted their
pictures taken. All this after an initial moment of suspicion. So, yes, great idea.
2) Take lots of shots. Obvious, but for folks who shoot with film, it can still feel odd to shoot with abandon. But I
have found with my D70 that shooting a bazillion pictures is a great way to end up with at least one or two amazing
shots. The obvious issue here is this: you can always delete the chaff.
So a decent piece worth checking out on the phabulous photo phriday.