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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April 8
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How to dress for a portrait or family photo 

If you want to photograph one person or a group of people and bring out their faces and personality, it is advisable to make them wear some non-distractive clothing.

Pastel colors like light blue, light pink and light green (without type and big logos) forward the attention to the actual human and virtually disappear beyond their faces — this helps a lot, especially when photographing a group of people.

It is also a good idea to turn down white and black clothing for the reason of over- or underexposure, where all structure would be burned out and gone; and to avoid small crazy patterns which can create a moiré.