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Mavica Digital Camera Tips:
Get the right angle
tilt the camera for effect and to include more detail
Photo #1: Start with your neighbour
Your stuck in a crowd, want to capture the excitement of the parade, why not start with your neighbour? This will quickly give a context and reference for the finer details in the picture. Tilting the camera not only adds effect, but also includes more of the relevant feature (more of the kid in this case).		 shoot photos of youngsters at their eye level
Photo #2: Look up
Here he looks ten feet tall, yet often when we take pictures of kids we are looking down on them. As a rule of thumb, I imagine the horizon and then try to put the head and shoulders above that line.




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Photo #3: Place an anchor
For wider landscape shots, I find it best to place an "anchor" or dominant object in the foreground. It's a good place for the eye to enter the picture and start its journey deciphering the details.


be creative with wide angle zoom lenses
Photo #4: Use the parallax to your advantage
The wide end of your zoom will distort objects and straight lines. Be creative and use this to your advantage. Here, for example, I took a picture of the Vancouver Library roof by squeezing as much into the picture by tilting the camera and using the widest zoom.

© 1998 Ernest von Rosen ernest@amgmedia.com

Ernest von Rosen, Advanced Media Group web design firm
Ernest von Rosen		 Ernest von Rosen didn't start out to be a world class web designer. He earned a Master's degree in physics, then served as the Manager of Information Systems for a publishing house. When he discovered the World Wide Web in its infancy, Netscape's first version and Mosaic were the only graphical browsers around. Even then, Ernest saw the possibilities.

Four years ago Ernest founded the Advanced Media Group in Vancouver, British Columbia. His design skills and information management training quickly attracted the attention of Canada's corporate world.
His credits include the DeBeers Canada Corporation ("a diamond is forever"), two boutique beverage companies, Jones Soda and Urban Juice Company, Vancouver's North Shore News weekly online newspaper (more than 20,000 visitors each month) and a long list of web clients including online retailers, professional corporations, associations, government bodies and more.

If you appreciate good web design, check out the Advanced Media Group. You'll find Photoshop tips, free collections of eye-popping clip art, and web resources.
- Doug Clifford

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