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Holiday Point and Shoot Tips
Written by Richard Seymour on Monday, December 21, 2009

Okay, it’s Christmas, and I know everyone is going to be running around with their little point and shoots (even more than usual) and taking just tons of shots.  With Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, to name a few, this is actually an epidemic, albeit a good one.  I am quite happy most of my good friends have these micro-cameras in their pockets and can get a shot at a game or party and hit a few buttons to have that photo posted across the planet in seconds, how cool is that anyway?

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Anyway, the point is that although most of you are thinking your little P&S cameras take pretty good photos, and they do, knowing a few details can make sure that they stay good, even in the tricky situations.  What makes a tricky situation, well, it’s going to be light 99% of the time.  And what is it exactly that the big SLR, with a big honker lens hanging on it has that the little point and shoot doesn’t, anyway?  My answer to that is besides big bucks and weight, and of course diminished response time… it has the ability to cope with light, and fast moving objects with a little more subjective control.  But, that of course means you sort-of need to know what to control and how.
The P&S does a good job and doing that for you until things get tricky, as I said… or the light is funny, action is moving fast, etc.  One good trick to know about your P&S is that although the little guy (gal) likes to pop that flash off in just about every situation, there are lots of times you would be better served by shutting it off.  So, if you are thinking about buying a new camera, make sure that part is selectable.  Just to make matters worse, out in the bright daylight, when you point and shoot actually wants to now turn off the flash—well that is oddly the time you might want to put it on, or override the auto-shutoff.

So, like I said, the big SLR has some better options sometimes for manual manipulation, if you know when and what to do.
Here is an article I read, I agree with most of it.  I think it’s pretty good for the holiday point & shoot onslaught coming up.  It’s pretty short and will help you a bit with the tricky shots.

Always remember my favorite tip for shooting portraits out in the sun.  Put the subject facing away from the sun, which puts you sort of facing it, so shade the camera if you can, and make sure the sun is at about a 45 degree angle (over one of their shoulders, doesn’t matter which one) and then make sure your flash is set to go off (fire) - this will give you an awesome shot.

http://www.photo.net/learn/point-and-shoot-tips ">POINT AND SHOOT TIPS