1. If shooting outdoors in the sunlight, take off your sunglasses before looking thru the viewfinder, else you'll find your shots over-exposed (Yes, I really did do that at my first afternoon baseball game that I took my camera to. Duh.)
2. Always check your in-camera white balance setting at the start of a new shoot (I once shot a very important outdoor event - a public rally - without checking my WB. Alas, it had been set to "tungsten" from the prior day's indoor shoot, so all my shots were BLUE. No big deal if you shoot in RAW, but on that day I was using a P&S that didn't have RAW as an option)
3. Know clearly what your subject is and compose your shot to best exploit, expose and highlight said subject.
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