How to Improve Your Blog Photos

I'm a very visual person, so when I click on a blog I like to see clear, bright, good quality photographs accompanying a post.

There are so many wonderful blogs about at the moment and we all try to keep up with our favourites, but sometimes. (especially us parents) we just don't have the time to sit and read a super long post so the photographs have to be able to tell part of the story.

I'm certainly no expert when it comes to photos and I am yet to download the proper editing software to edit my own properly. But I wanted to share a few things that as a reader of other blogs, I like to see when it comes to blog photography..

You don't need to be a Photoshop master to do this. In fact I have never used Photoshop myself and have no idea how to. I have an iMac so I use iPhoto to edit using VERY basic settings, but just enough to give it a little edit. If you don't have any software available to edit - try the free photo editing site - PicMonkey - it's pretty amazing and so simple to use! 

Yellow/orange light in a photo is not good. If I'm taking a photograph and the lamp/ceiling light needs to be on because it's grey outside (as it is a lot this time of year) I usually turn off the light and then use the brightness setting on my DSLR. This only works for me when there is some day light, if you try in the evening it will probably be very grainy! Another thing you can do is 'cool' your photos down just a little. There's an option to do this on iPhoto (if you use it) or I think you can also do it using PicMonkey.

I so much prefer to see bright photos rather than dark photos with shadows all over them. But to be honest, it is personal preference, some people don't like too much brightness in a photo. I use a brightness setting on my DSLR to take all of my photos, this is not how a professional would work at all, but I like how much softer they feel. Obviously the most important bit of advice I can give when it comes to taking photos is.. natural daylight is absolutely you're very best friend.

When I first started my blog I never did this -  I didn't think about background at all, but it's SO important if you want a good image. When you go to take a picture don't just look at the one thing you are trying to capture, look past it and see what is behind it. Another thing I think works well is a white/light background rather than a dark/black background - the lighter background helps to draw attention only to your subject rather than a dark background which can do the opposite.

Going back to what I said at the beginning of this post. You essentially need for your blog photos to help tell part of your story. Not all photographs needs to be posed for to be brilliant, some of the best photos are the more natural ones. They are of the 'moment' rather than being previously set up. Do consider your background and the light (natural daylight is always best) even when it comes to 'natural' shots - if you can't get a good background - move around with the camera until you feel happy that your background and your focus help to tell the story behind your photo.  

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