Tips and hints for taking better photos
Updated March 09, 2001.

Make sure you use the correct film for the type of photos you will be taking.

Take lots of photos, more than you think you will need. Remember that some may not turn out well. The more you take, the more likely you are to get good ones.

Take photos from different directions and distances. Make sure that you get at least a few close ups. You don't want all the photos to be taken from the same perspective. Having photos from different directions and distances make will make your pages more appealing.

The subject of your photo doesn't always have to be in the center.

Make sure you actually look at what you are photographing. Is the lighting right? Are there distractions in the picture? Would a different angle be better?

Be sure to include the entire event. I realized as I began scrapbooking that my pictures really aren't all that great. I have lots of vacation photos of the things we saw, but very few of us seeing the things. I also have lots of my children at parties and such, but nothing to show who else was there.