My mom has been taking pictures my whole life. Since the invention of the digital camera she has been able to take as many pictures as she wants without having to give a thought to the cost of film or developing-like the rest of us I suppose.
She has given me tips for taking pictures ever since I had this camera that had a round film and round negatives. I have no idea what it's called.
Some of my mom's tips that I follow are:
-get at eye level with your subject
-have your subject fill your picture
-don't take pictures of objects in front of windows
-look at everything in your frame
The great thing about rules is you can follow them, or not, but they make you think about what you are doing so you are not just pointing and shooting, even if you have a point-and-shoot.
What do I look for in a picture?
Angle. Lighting. Main subject of the picture. Focus, I have fun playing with focus, and I don't mean manually or anything technical or fancy because I can't wrap my mind around that stuff, I just mean looking at one thing or another and causing one of them to be in and the other out, of focus.
But I do not want this blog to be some big tutorial (or whatever you call it) on photography. I just want a site with pictures that have not been run through any kind of photo editing program. I have edited or changed photos of course, to see what I can get, but I use Flickr.com or Photobucket.com, or quite honestly the Paint application on my computer.
Ok, that is all for rules and tips.