I mentioned even light for your right exposure in my last tip. Here’s your short cut. Pick a cloudy day to photograph your family and kids outdoors, and see how easy it is compared to sunny, or rainy days.

Why? Cloudy days give you the flat, even light I mentioned in my last post. You won’t get the extreme contrast that often causes over- or under-exposure on part or majority of an image. If you do closeups, you won’t encounter the ugly shadows on the subject's face either.

In a nutshell, you can be a complete DSLR novice, but have a higher chance to get good photos on a cloudy day, because you can focus more on composition, and worry less about light, exposure and maneuvering all the camera settings.

For example, we visited Machu Picchu on a rainy day (above image). There was a small window when it didn’t rain. I just left the camera on the same setting and tried to capture whatever I could, thanks to the cloudy day.

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