1. What camera to buy? In general you'll want a digital camera that has at least 4 mega pixel resolution and a 3x optical zoom. You can go digital SLR camera if you budget allows it. With a digital SLR camera you'll have more flexibility as you can change the lens to suit the type of photography you want to take. For landscapes you'll use a wide-angle and for portraits you'll prefer a telephoto lens. Four mega-pixel resolution is now a minimum requirement if you would like to submit your photos to microstock photography site for sale.
2. Prefer optical zoom to digital zoom. Optical zoom only uses the capacity of the actual optics in the lens to capture the scene of your photos. Digital zoom will "create" extra pixels based on existing ones to fill and enlarge your photos. Your photos will lose in quality when digital zoom is used.
3. Use appropriate Scene Modes. Most of today's compact cameras have what is called "Scene Modes". Each Scene Mode corresponds to a type of photography like portrait, landscape, sport. It's better to use the scene mode accordingly to the kind of photos you want to take. If you take portrait shots then set the camera on portrait mode. In this mode the camera will use a larger aperture. As a result your subject will be in focus and standout from a blur background. If you take photos of children in movement then prefer sport mode whereby the camera will use higher shutter speed so that the subject will be sharp on the photo.
4. Use a tripod. I find that compact cameras tend to use a pretty low shutter speed. Therefore your photos might be a bit out of focus or blurry because of handshake movements while the photo is taken. Using a tripod will ensure you get perfect handshake-free shots. With a tripod you'll be able to experiment night-shot photos as well.
5. Adjust White Balance. If your camera allows you to change the white balance setting then you would want to take advantage of that. As an example setting white balance on "cloudy" on a cloudy day will produce warmer tone pictures.
6. Back-fill or fill-in flash. Don't forget to use the embedded flash when you take photos of scene that has strong contrast, e.g. outdoor scenes around midday on a sunny day. As a rule of thumb try to have the sun in your back when you take a picture rather than in front of you.
7. Prefer natural light. Plan to take your photos when there is not too strong contrast. Shooting early in the morning or around end of the afternoon and you'll have a softer light situation to deal with than at midday.
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