Photography is an art not a science and like any art form, it isn’t really a case of add A to B and wait for a reaction. You might have the best camera in the world, but simply pointing it at something and clicking the shutter won’t always work for you. Even when the Intelligent Auto mode is on. So we’ve gathered a few tips of the trade, to help you start that photo album and perhaps help you improve the quality of your flicks. Even if you are a seasoned photographer who’s taken thousands of images, here is a list of ten tips that might get your creative juices flowing.

The beauty of photography being an art form is that you don’t have to follow every rule in the book. These are merely guidelines to think about the next time you raise that camera to take a shot. None of them are written in stone and you can ignore them as you wish. At the end of the day the best advice towards improving your photography is to keep on taking photographs.