Practical tips to become a better photographer
Wednesday 4 September 2024, 16:32 by Elja Trum | 3,299 views | 2 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
As a photographer, you naturally want to keep developing your skills. In this video, photographer Rick Bebbington gives practical tips to help you do this. You can follow the tips without spending any money.
The tips Rick gives you in the video above are:
- Skill is more important than equipment
- Always take your camera with you
- Don't limit yourself to the supposedly most beautiful moments of the day, such as the golden hour
- Not every photo has to be your best photo. You learn from every photo.
- Poor lighting conditions also give you good practice
- Try new things, photograph things you wouldn't normally photograph
- Keep learning, for example with Photofacts Academy, and put it into practice
- Choose something specific that you want to improve at and focus on it. Not everything at the same time.
- Make sure you know exactly how your camera works, by practising a lot
- Look at the work of other photographers, even if they work in a different genre
- Also look at compositions in films and series
- Edit your photos
- Learn how to edit your photos even better
- Find a community of photographers
- Take part in assignments and competitions
- Walk more, with your camera, so you also discover beautiful places and moments
- Look in all directions, including up and down
- Put your smartphone away, it takes you out of the moment
About the author
Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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2 comments
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guest wrote on Tuesday 10 September 2024 at 11:22 | replyThe most important thing: Always have a camera with you and walk, walk, walk...
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guest wrote on Tuesday 10 September 2024 at 12:46 | replyyes and on the one hand taking photos and on the other hand critically looking at these photos = feedback = learning moment
Translated from Dutch.
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