This is a collection of pieces of advice to make your everyday photos more enjoyable to look at; a little more with every post. These are only bits which do not claim to be complete, but are rather all you need to know at that moment.

I assume my readers are non-professionals who are interested in capturing their memories in the way they have experienced them, instead of how their camera device automatically suggests an output, thereby speaking of using anything from a mobile phone to an auto-set DSLR.

About the author: I am Mareen Fischinger, a professional photographer, living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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March 29

About the difference between wide-angle and telephoto

If you are wondering why your face or body looks so distorted in a close-up picture, there is an easy solution for that one, just zoom in slightly to get away from the wide-angle your camera (except a DSLR) usually starts with when being turned on.



While wide-angle (small mm) is helpful when you want to photograph a room or a landscape, it makes more sense to step back a bit and use the optical zoom if the space is there.