Digital Advent Calendar 2010 - Day 12

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Keep those eyes open

If you’re photographing a group it’s often very difficult to ensure that everyone’s eyes are open when the exposure is made.  My tip is once you’re ready to make the photograph ask everyone to close their eyes.  Next, ask them to open on the count of three, pause for a split second once they’ve opened their eyes and then take the shot.

If you’ve got an older digital camera with a slight delay between pressing the shutter and the photo being taken, I recommend you push the shutter when your subjects immediately open their eyes so that the exposure is made a split second later at the suggested moment mentioned earlier.

Try it and let me know how you get on.

-Ben