Every moment matters. The end of year holidays
and festivities offer plenty of colorful moments to capture: co-workers in ugly
sweaters, the family trip to the tree farm, colorful decorations, family
dinners, or a night out on the town for New Year’s Eve. With a little attention
to detail and planning, your photos and videos can capture the merriment and
joy of the holidays. Here are top tips from Timebox CEO Mary Ellen Heinen to enhance your photos and videos and
make them easy to share in this holiday season.
1.
Take a lot of photos.
To overcome the pressure and stress of
capturing a great group photo, just work quickly and snap away or use burst
mode. Take a large number of photos since there is always someone blinking,
turned away, facing another member of the group. Having a large number of
photos will provide the best opportunity to obtain numerous options of everyone
looking their best.
2. Don’t delete.
Just as
important as taking lots of photos, is keeping them all. Yes, all of them.
During the holidays you may be in a rush to find that prized photo of the
season, but some of our favorites are of friends caught unaware or of a scene
just happening rather than a, posed opportunity. This year with the iPhone 6s’ Live
Photos, the before and after of the family picture become a fun
part of the story as well!
3. Find the snowflake
in the blizzard.
Place emphasis on the details this year. The
photo will be more impressive if you fill the frame with the most striking
parts, colors, or visuals of the venue. Look for the gorgeous star or
ornament adorning a Christmas tree rather than including the whole tree in the shot.
If a home’s lights look fabulous, capture the detail of the lights lining one
window or the rather than losing the effect by photographing the lights of the
entire house.
4.
Put on your creative hat.
Try to focus on how you are placing and organizing the various elements and
people in each photo and video to add creative composition and keep your photos
fun and interesting. Try placing your main subject to one side of the frame and
balance them with something in the background on the other side of the picture.
For example, if you are photographing a beautiful collection of lit candles,
try placing them on the right of the scene with the dining table blurred softly
in the background on the left. This will result in a photo that both records
the candles in all their beauty and does so in an artistic, creative way.
5.
Zoom with your feet.
Simply
moving your iPhone’s camera in close will make the biggest difference in the
success of your picture-taking this holiday season. Make the people and objects
critical to your moments huge and impossible to miss by filling the frame. If
you are photographing the family feast, but don't have candles or lights (or
equivalent supporting elements) in the background, you might want to instead
move in (with your feet, not just the zoom function) as close as you can.
Filling the entire frame with your subjects will result in a photo that has true
impact on viewers.
6.
Take candid photos.
Let’s face it; candids make some of the
most fun and interesting photos and videos. You aren’t just capturing them; you
are creating a memory of it. Make your way around your year-end festivities and
snap merrymakers that are too engaged in presents, feasts or activities to
notice you and your iPhone. With candid photos and videos, instead of
taking time to carefully compose the frame and scene, just get several takes in
rapid succession and move on to the next partier.
7.
Be prepared.
During this time of year we often only
have a brief moment when that magical moment emerges. That’s why we must be
fully prepared to capture that moment when it happens by having your iPhone at
the ready, and shooting quickly and often without being timid or bashful. Also make
sure you’ve charged your battery and have sufficient memory available so you
can keep capturing special moments without worry.
8.
Share!
Share your moments with family and
friends instantly through your social media pages like Facebook, Twitter or
Instagram so they feel like part of the action. Apps like Timebox can make
sharing simple and easy with a few taps on your phone. For those treasured
moments captured in images, think about creating a framed photo or photo book
for family and friends (particularly parents and grandparents) as a lovely
holiday gift.
We all take photos for a reason –
to share and remember good times. Let your photo management app ensure you instantly
organize all of your photos and that they are easy to share. Timebox allows you
to create a short video to replay and share a special day during the holidays. Add and customize your own tags to any photo
or group of photos, making it easy to find, enjoy and share photo and videos. Quickly
search by location, event, time and so much more. Retrieve any photo you’ve
ever taken, synced across your iOS 9 iPhones and iPads.
Happy holidays and good luck
capturing it all with your photos and videos!
- Mary Ellen Heinen is the CEO of Pepper Networks, creators of Timebox,
available now in the App Store.
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