Helpful tidbits for Digital Photography

1. Don't include too many people. You will have to go too far to fit all of them in
2. Use zoom or telephoto and make the size of the subject decent
3. Make sure that the heads of the people in the back are seen
4. Try to turn them to the side (half to one side and the other to the other)
5. Have more room above the head (Why?)
6. 11% of the height will be lost by converting from 1.33 to 1.5 ratio
7. Indoor use 200 or 400 ISO and or Use 1 + or 2+ flash
8. If the subject is too close don't use too much flash or ISO. it may bleach out
9. Have the couple pose closely. Make sure the heads are upright and not skewed)
10. Take at least 2-3 shots (in case some one closes)
11. Try to review pictures to make sure they are ok
12. Review pictures and make sure everyone has been taken
13. Make sure the shoulders and arms are included
14. Always use flash in FIF (fill in flash) mode. It will remove shadow in the face
15. Don't use too bright sunlight . if it its too bright cut back on iso to 50
16. Watch out for reflecting surfaces like glossy paint, glass, metal'
17. For children use sports mode
18. Support the base of the camera to minimize shake
19. Try to shoot mostly landscape pictures than in letter mode
20. The maximum size of video in most of the cameras is 1 GB (8 minutes)
21. 2 GB memory card can hold 16 minutes of 640 video and 32 minutes of 320*240 at 30fps
22. 4 GB SD cards can't be used in older cameras
23. Mplayer by martin fiedler can play most of the videos filmed with digital cameras
24. In bright sunlight when you can't see LCD screen, use optical viewfinder to view the subject