Patent ID: 7668454

Claim:
A method for providing photography advice, comprising: storing image attributes associated with a plurality of images captured by a camera, resulting in stored image attributes; storing camera settings associated with the captured images, resulting in stored camera settings; providing at least one of a plurality of photography pointers based on the stored image attributes and the stored camera settings; and storing a number of times each of the plurality of photography pointers has been provided previously; wherein the at least one of the plurality of photography pointers is also based on the number of times each of the plurality of photography pointers has been provided previously; identifying a current environmental condition other than camera stability; identifying a current camera setting; wherein the at least one of the plurality of photography pointers is also based on the current environmental condition and the current camera setting; identifying a range of the current camera setting based on the stored image attributes, the stored camera settings, and the current environmental condition; and capturing a plurality of new images corresponding to the range of the current camera setting.