Perfect Prom Photos - 4 Tips For Taking Stunning Pictures on Prom Night With Compact Digital Camera

Most people would dress up elegantly in their glamorous prom night. As a photographer, you could expect many participants would dress up all in vain that could add more colors in your photo-taking process. If you're chosen (or hired) to take pictures of some people in the prom night - you have to know that the prom night can be an important time of their life; hence, it's a great challenge for you to capture their unforgettable moment of their life.

If you seriously want to capture good pictures with a compact digital camera during the prom night, there are few tips that you need to focus on:

Tip #1: Strike a pose

Although all prom night participants dressed up in vain, they still need to strike a perfect pose for the perfect shot. For close-up shots, it's similar to taking portrait pictures. You can ask the human subject to stare slight left or right at the camera lens. As for their body posture, avoid putting their hands in front of them. It is better that they keep their back straight and curl their arms like fashion models in the magazines. In this case, the perfect pose for both sexes is angling their body slightly to the side and anchoring their one foot forward.

Tip #2: Use the Image Stabilizer mode to avoid blurry images

In some non-improvised situations, your photo-taking process has to be fast and accurate as well as maintaining the high-quality image. By using the Image Stabilizer shooting mode, you'll be able to avoid having shaky pictures when you're taking pictures in various angles. It's also necessary to use your tripod or a monopod if you're taking pictures at the same spot for a long period of time.

Tip #3: Use the advance presets in suitable conditions

You have to aware of the specifications of your digital camera including the advance presents that can be used in different environment. For example, there's an "evening" preset that are suitable for evening photo shoot outdoors or you can increase the ISO settings that is suitable to capture fast moving shots. If you can manually alter the white balance preset, you can control the color temperature based on your preferences - as an alternative of using the auto white balance.

Tip #4: Avoid taking dark images

If everyone pose perfectly during the photo-taking process - it would be pointless if the colors of the image are not distributed orderly. For example, many would be disappointed when they see their faces overshadowed by other things - causing shades on their faces.

Most digital cameras have this problem resolved - for instance, Canon PowerShot SD780IS which offers Intelligent Contrast Correction system; that brightens the dark images without changing the originally bright sides of the image and enhances the picture with vivid colors.