Sunday 31 July 2011

Beginners top 10 tips

1. Background – background – background. Pay close attention to the background. Keep it simple. Make sure there are no background distractions. Make the subject the star of the photo not the background.

2. Get closer. Then get closer still.

3. Know your camera inside and out. Know every feature and button so that when the moment comes, you won’t be wondering how to catch it.

4. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Practice is important. Results aren’t – at least until you can talk someone into paying you for your work.

5. Remember that the camera looks both ways. If you’re having a bad day and your subject recognizes that – expect to see that bad day reflected on their faces.

6. Don’t waste one second of your photographic career trying to figure out if you are better or worse at photography than anyone else. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t help and it won’t make you better at photography.

7. Spend more time thinking about composition and light than you spend thinking about getting paid or recognized.

8. Spend time looking at light. Understand it. Look for it. Recognize it.

9. Take a photograph every single day. No matter what. Handle your camera daily. Become comfortable and familiar with it. Treat it as an extension of your body. Handle it often.

10. If the photograph is worth making as a horizontal shot it, it’s also worth making as a vertical shot. Always shoot both. You never know if the editor (even if that’s you) may want choices.

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