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Making Bright Pictures Indoors

Old Faithful Inn Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming How do you photograph indoors and have the picture look realistic? First, turn off the flash. Most of the time, the light from a flash is too weak to illuminate a room, especially one as large as the lobby of the Old Faithful Inn with its soaring ceiling. Second, adjust the camera's ISO setting to help it "see in the dark." I used ISO 3200 which recorded the foreground details well. Then I brightened the shadows overall and in the ceiling using photo editing software. The result looks very much like what I observed at the time. Get help making better pictures with your camera or phone in my photography classes at The Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana. Click here for descriptions and registration.  

Freezing Action

Blurring the Background

Composition Fundamentals #8 -- Frame Within a Frame

Composition Fundamentals #7 -- Angle of View

Composition Fundamentals #6 -- Leading Lines

Derby Day