Want to take great photos of your friends at prom? PlattsPrinting.com has some advice on taking great photos.

1. The first tip that could greatly improve many snapshots is to make sure that the background in your photos doesn't compete for attention. If it seems too busy, or could be competing for attention, either change your angle for taking the photograph or move to a different area.

2. Not using a flash outdoors during the daytime results in dark and featureless faces. This usually happens because your subject is standing between you and a bright light source, usually the sun. So before you take your snapshot, just take a look at where the sun is in relation to your subject and use your flash if needed. Remember, flash is not just for indoor shots.

3. One of the biggest mistakes that the average photographer makes is including way too much in the picture. Almost all photographers could improve the quality of their photos if they just zoomed in a little bit closer on their subjects.

4. Another feature of many snapshots that actually detracts from the attractiveness of the photo is putting your subject in the dead center of the snapshot every time. Try taking pictures of your friends or prom date wtih them NOT in the dead center of the frame.

5. Another common feature of amateur photographers is that they seem to get stuck using their camera only one way, either horizontal or vertical. Most often it's the horizontal plane that is used. But many scenes could benefit from turning the camera a different direction, so before you shoot think quickly about whether this scene would look best shot horizontally or vertically.