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How to Take Good Photos: People

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Girl smiling, photo by Tom Ang
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  1. Use your camera's red-eye reduction setting (if it has one) when taking flash photographs of people.
  2. Avoid red-eye by turning up or providing more light in the room.
  3. Aiming the flash directly at your subject can result in harsh lighting. Try to bounce the flash off a reflective or white surface, such as the ceiling, to produce a softer light.
  4. 'Fill-in' flash (which may be a setting on your camera) is useful for subjects that are quite brightly lit from behind, as in this picture.
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