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Do You Want To Be A Better Photographer?
July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
You been there before. You go on holidays and take lots of photos of all those stunning sights and the wonderful places you went to. But you get home, you look at your photos and you’re always disappointed. They look lifeless and dull and ordinary.
Nothing that you wanted to convey in your photos is there. The sunset that was so stunning is gone. That extra special light that made that view look so special is missing. And you got that special smile on your girlfriends face, except that when you look at the photo you didn’t get that smile at all.
It’s not that you’ve done anything dumb like putting your thumb on the lens, you know better than that. You’ve invested in a good camera, you’ve spent some time learning how it works, and you really thought that you ought to be taking good photos now.
But each time you download your photos you’re disappointed. The results aren’t there. Your photos just don’t tell the story you wanted.
It’s often a simple step to go from taking ordinary photos to taking good photos you can be proud of. You don’t need to go to College for years, you just need to learn some simple basic processes that every photography professional knows.
Like simple stuff such as how to compose a photo properly, how to use light to it’s best advantage. How to take people and pets. How to take landscapes, how to use a tripod or flash properly.
There’s no doubt that modern cameras are very good. They take good photos if you know how, but don’t expect to just point and shoot and get a great result. It’s still necessary to know how to drive one of those modern cameras to make best use of them. You need to know some photography basics. No camera will take great photos if you just point and shoot.
I’m sure that if they could build one they would, but to date the technology doesn’t exist to build a camera that will take great photos regardless of the skills of the person behind the lens. Even with the technology behind great digital cameras you still need to learn some basic photography skills to take good photos each time.
I’m not saying it’s hard, just that there are some secrets of the pros that you need to learn and practice and apply them to take great photos.
Then when you go on holidays next time you won’t need to feel embarrassed about your average boring photos. You’ll love showing them to your friends, they’ll probably be asking you for tips on how to take good photos themselves.
And you’ll be pleased to see your girlfriend smiling your photos too.
I’ve got a book about how to take good photos, get it on my website.
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