Top Ten Tips- Kodak

1. Get down on their level
2. Use a plain background
3. Use flash outdoors
4. Move in close: use the camera's macro or 'flower' mode to get sharp close ups.
5. Take some vertical pictures
6. lock the focus
7. Move it from the middle: imagine a tic-tac-toe grid in your viewfinder. Now place your subject at one of those intersections of lines.
8. Know your flash's range
9. Watch the light
10. Be a picture director