Tips for when you are not happy with your photos
Thursday 13 December 2018, 10:52 by Michelle Peeters | 6,757 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
In photography, as in any art form, you often experience ups and downs when it comes to being satisfied with your own work and your ability to keep producing innovative, high-quality images.
This useful video by Benjamin Jaworskyj explores why things sometimes do not go as you want and what you can do about it.
His first point is about taking enough time to take photos. Do not take snapshots without even wanting to get out of your car for them. Walk around the site first without taking any photos and prepare properly for what you are actually going to photograph.
Point two is about how many photographers put technique above lighting and composition. They take photos with the best and most expensive equipment.
He argues that if the two most important factors in photography, light and composition, are right and work well, you can take good photos even with an iPhone.
His third and most important point focuses on putting quality above quantity. You often see Instagram accounts or websites with just a few excellent photos that are then buried beneath a mountain of decent but not particularly appealing images.
It is much better to present potential clients with just ten to fifteen truly excellent photos than a hundred good photos that merely obscure your best work.
The same applies to taking photos itself. In most genres, it is best to focus on creating just a few high-quality, elegant photos rather than shooting mountains of photos and hoping that something good will be among them.
This gives you much more control over the final product and allows you to rely on your skills to make sure you produce good work instead of hoping for lucky shots among large numbers of photos.
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About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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