Welcome to The Digital Photography Tips section.

The following digital photography tips are free! Yes, unlike others who try (and do) sell their tips you will find most of them in this new but expanding section of this website. The biggest problem I find when using my compact digital camera is getting a good light balance when taking photos indoors or at night. The majority of digital cameras have setting for "Scenes" but when using them I sometimes find the results very disappointing.

As well as suggesting the settings best suited for certain scenarios, I will give you tips for better composition of your photographs.

Please note, this is a new section of this site and more tips will be added regularly.

Getting Closer
How close and when should you get close to the subject your are photographing?

Rule Of Thirds
What is and when to use the Rule Of Thirds to help you compose your photographs.

Pre-Focusing
Shooting off centre subjects.

Avoid Blurred Photos
What causes blurred photo and how to avoid taken them in the first place.

Photographing Your Pet
Consider taking photos of your pet.

Black And White
With today's digital technology, transforming colour images into black and white photographic prints is pretty straightforward.