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There are tricks of the trade in every business and photography has more than its share of them.

I'm not much of a people picture taker these days, meaning I now take only a few hundred of them every year, which isn't really a lot during these digital camera days.

However, pictures of people are what people take most often, so it pays to know how to take good ones and I found this video tutorial by a pro photographer that should prove helpful.



Even though the tutorial deals with pro models the ideas for evoking a great smile from your subjects are easily adaptable to everyday snap shots. Besides, there will be times when you want to take some pictures that are a bit more portrait-like in nature; and then these hints will come in handy.

Here's some additional information for taking better digital pictures of people.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.