5 Nikon Photography Tips

Looking for five Nikon photography tips? Whether you are a beginner or experienced photographer, the tips below are sure to improve the overall quality of your photos.

1. Indoor lighting. Indoor lighting is one of the five Nikon photography tips. Generally speaking, household lighting has a slight yellow or green color cast. You can correct this using the white balance menu of your Nikon digital camera. All you have to do is choose the incandescent or fluorescent setting in the white balance menu. Take a look using each setting and you'll be able to immediately tell which produces the most natural looking color.
2. Landscapes. Shooting landscapes with a Nikon can be very tricky. You want to make sure you get the entire view of the landscape in one shot. If you are using a Nikon DX lens, you should use a lens wider than 35 mm. With a Nikon FX or film camera, any lens less than 50 mm is considered to be a wide angle lens.
3. Aperture. By setting the aperture priority mode on a Nikon camera you are controlling how much light is let into your lens. When you go into the aperture settings of your Nikon digital camera, you will see slow sync and rear sync. Slow sync is recommended if you are shooting stationary or very slow moving subjects. You should use rear sync for subjects that are in motion.
4. Rain. Taking pictures in the rain is a very fun and exciting experience, but it can be difficult to obtain good shots. If you would like color in a rain scene you should consider using vivid picture control. This is a option available in the shooting menu of your Nikon digital camera. Vivid picture control will add more contrast and saturation to your photos.
5. Water. Getting shots of water can be extremely hard to do, especially if you are shooting streams or waterfalls. To make the moving water look blurred, or silky, in your photos, you will need to use a slow shutter speed, such as 1/8th or 1/15th of second. It is next to impossible to hold a Nikon digital camera still when using shutter speeds that low. Using a tripod will also be very helpful to you in these situations.

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