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5 Tips on How to Take the Best Christmas Pictures

Want better Christmas photos this holiday season? Are you bored with or just plain tired of the “same old” pictures year after year? Let’s spice things up a bit then with these nine how to tips for taking better Christmas photos this year.

1. Get Closer than You Normally Do

This year why not start off by shooting more close up and macro Christmas photos? Everything from wrapping decorations to textures and miniature views of common objects will help to lend a new dimension to your Christmas photos.

2. Use Reflections

At this time of the year especially, there are lots of shimmering, shiny surfaces available. Use these to capture reflections all around you from faces to scenes and splatterings of color. A small strategically-placed hand mirror can get you started looking for those unique, one-of-a-kind reflected images. From there, it’s only a matter of scouting around for even more reflected image possibilities.

3. Try Some Christmas Photo Silhouettes

Taking dramatic, unique-looking silhouettes couldn’t be easier. Get your subject backlit, disable the camera’s flash, meter off the brightly-lit and brightly colored background – and BINGO! You’ve got an attention-getting silhouette.

4. Go Outside for Startling Christmas Photos

If there’s snow in your locale (oh joy!), you can capture the winter season settings that will spark your Christmas photos this season. Newly fallen snow has an almost magical quality about it that readily lends itself for some truly outstanding digital images. Be sure to try shooting a series of black and white images for Christmas photos that go well beyond the “ordinary” array of holiday pictures.

5. Add a Selection of Night photography Images

Say, while you’re outside, don’t neglect night photography in your Christmas photos portfolio. Even before the sun sets you can start shooting “night” photos of the brightly-lit store fronts, shopping districts and special holiday lighting around town. Look for especially well-done house and garden lighting too.