There are some cool things you could try out to make the most out of your digital photography sessions. So why take monotonous pictures with the same say-cheese pose for every subject in every situation? Experiment!

• Flirt with flash: while taking pictures in bright sunlight, you may find it sometimes necessary to use flash to remove the shadows from your friend’s face. But if you want to create arty pictures like silhouettes, you could turn off the flash when there is a bright background, like the sunset. If you have a not-so-bright background, like cloudy grey sky, using flash can create some unusual and interesting shots. You can also fire the flash in shots. Just play around with different settings and you can get different shots with the same subject!
• Change the angle and the pose: for the same subject, toy around with different angles- at times, ordinary people look stunning from a certain angle. Shift from the normal smiling face to more natural poses- laughing and getting surprised… these are just a few ideas. At times, you could take the picture when the subject is unaware, this gives the most natural expression and sometimes, these turn out much better than the plastered smiles.
• Be careful with groups: has it ever happened that your entire gang of friends poses for a photograph and you look at the picture later to find that someone right in the middle has blinked when the picture was taken? This could spoil your photograph and make it embarrassing for the person who blinked as well. So take several shots so that such things are avoided. Even in this, you could always change the style and the angle of shot.
• Make note of how you took the picture: several times, we have experienced this. We manage to shoot the perfect picture and revel in that joy but forget all about what settings we used in that situation. Later, when encountered with a similar situation, we cannot recall the settings and hence, the picture may not turn out as good. You cannot just save the settings in your camera because settings might need to be changed for different cases. So when you do think you took a fabulous picture, just jot down the setting details so that you can use it next time and keep taking wonderful shots.