You’re having fun with family or friends at the beach or in the snow. It’s such a good time, you want to remember for a long time. You pull out a camera and take pictures. But when you look at the photos, everyone has squinty eyes or their faces are so dark it’s hard to tell what they look like.
One of the first things we’re taught about photography is to have the sun behind us. It’s a good place to start, but it isn’t always the best way to take a picture with the sun shining.
Quick tips
• Always look for the direction of light. If the sun is shining bright, try and use it to create a bit of shadow on the subject. In other words, don’t always shoot with it directly behind you. Have the sun at an angle, or halfway between you and what you’re taking a picture of. It also lets the people in the picture open their eyes because the light isn’t as harsh.
Taking pictures in bright light is easy when you know what to do. Use these quick tips and you can shoot like a pro:
• Sometimes the main light is behind the subject. This is called backlighting or being backlit. If you must shoot something or someone who is backlit, use the camera’s fill-flash feature to balance both the “shadowed” face and the background.
• Use the camera’s “cloudy” setting. Taking pictures at high noon or in the middle of the day is the worst time to shoot. The harsh light adds bluish or cooler tones to color photos. The benefit the “cloudy” setting offers is a warming of color that makes the picture more pleasant to look at.
• Use the lowest ISO setting your camera has. You should do this no matter how bright the light source is, but it is very important when taking pictures in bright light. Some point-and-shoot cameras give you the option of adjusting the camera’s ISO setting. If it doesn’t, the pre-programmed mode most likely takes care of it for you.


• Have people open their eyes right before you take the picture. When everyone is standing around with the sun shining right in their eyes or the snow’s glare bouncing up from below, it’s natural for people to squint their eyes. Before you take the picture, have people close their eyes. Count of three and tell them to open their eyes. You take the picture at the count of four. It’s that simple.
One of the biggest benefits of using a digital camera is that you can take as many pictures as you need. And you know right away if you got the picture you want. So go ahead…take as many photos as you like. Better pictures aren’t far behind

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