- Never lose your spark that got you into photography. When the spark goes out it leaves your images behind.
- Shooting with light makes things better. Whether it’s moving from studio to natural light, from day shooting to night shooting or from flash to continuous light.
- Fill in the frames, dramatic lines or repeating patterns. Know what appeals to you and create voice through your compositions.
- The details are the physical skill of taking photos keeping the camera level and still.
- As good as your shots get there’s always room to learn and improve put yourself in places that challenge you.
- mastering your camera and all the settings makes you a more flexible photographer and there are certain kinds of shots that cannot be achieved without taking the reins of your camera’s controls. If you are trying to capture a moment, try it on auto for a bit.
- Reading the manual can help you understand what TTL, or rear curtain means. Think about digging it out and learning something new about your gear.
- Taste a bit of someone else’s work style and see if it sparks something new in you. Use someone else’s genius as a starting point and then go be your own genius.
- Raw images allow more forgiving post with more data and detail to make your image exactly the way you want.
- Aperture, shutter speed and ISO is designed to give you more light with a payoff. larger aperture gives you lighter, but it takes away the length of your depth of field. Slower shutter speed gives you lighter, but it can make your images blurry if the camera isn’t still or the subject moves.
- As lines recede in space they converge. Experience with the height of your camera, how you position it to look down a street and where the lines all lead.
- The best shots are always difficult to achieve. They require a sudden stop of a car, asking someone to do something, going somewhere uncomfortable and getting up early.
- Look at amazing work all the time. Finding inspiration online isn’t limited to Pinterest, flicker, Instagram, and Facebook.
- Eyes not only tell us the big emotions sadness, anger, joy they tell us the complexities of life. Give directions and be a studier of painting a portrait with a look.
- Go shoot and see what you’re missing then fill in the gaps. Give yourself the time to discover what tools really help your style of shooting.
- Don’t forget to do something different. take a few shots during your photoshoot that are done in an entirely different way.
- A good technique is to try to remember how you felt when you took it and have that come across in your processing.
- Adjust so that you get a higher percentage of good images. It’s important to remember to never stop those little adjustments.
- Set up your online portfolio in your place o choosing and curate it well. This will become your calling card and these days more than ever and a deciding factor on whether people want to hire you.
- Recommit yourself to enjoying every minute you’re out shooting. you’ve got to be out having a great time living and following your passions.