Great images are hardly ever a result of the best gear and technique on their own. Several other crucial elements include things like creative imagination, exposure, research and passion. Learn how to visualize a finished photograph in your mind’s eye before you actually captured it. That’s the art of seeing. Then develop your own interests and your own style. With the growth of online forums as well as the rise of internet photo blogs, sometimes you will get to meet trolls along the way. Just take criticism constructively and remain centered on your objectives instead of your detractors. Here are ten ways to improve your craft with a brief explanation below. Stay inspired on your next shooting opportunity.
1. Shoot everyday.
Use your digital SLR camera and shoot as often as you can. It’s now easy to view your digital images on your computer to scrutinize your images right away. If you are not disregarding 10 shots for every one shot you like, you’re not being critical enough. There’s a large amount to gain when you practice shooting a lot.
Photo via Flickr2. Compose your image.
Composition is all about shapes and texture is about details so think in two-dimension when taking a shot. Squint and learn to look at corners and shapes as opposed to details and colors. Let the final print reveal the details.
Photo via Topit.me3. Know your purpose.
Don’t shoot anything simply centered in the frame of your camera. Don’t just use your eyes. Know your purpose why you want to take that shot. Think through your subject’s angle. Think through your audience’s perspective. Art is meant to show emotion and meaning – not just describe how it looks like.
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Your feet is your best telephoto lens that’s with you. Move closer to your subject with your wide-angled lens. As the famous photographer Robert Capa said that if your photographs aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough. Make the person looking at your images feel directly involved in your world.
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Do not let limitations keep you from doing all your art. Figure out a way to get things done with your camera. Do not allow the absence of resources and tools get in your way. Don’t be carried away with the idea of having better equipment can produce great photographs. Remember that all the great images we had in history were taken with the most primitive camera equipment compared to what your current digital SLRs have right now.
Photo via Photojojo6. Create a mental gallery of images.
Do and think about photography every single day. Create your own personal mental gallery of photographs and image-makers. Be prepared for your creative subconscious every time it is ready to reveal itself. Record it with your paper and pen. Be ready about getting strange ideas at unusual situations once they appear. Don’t be blown away if your greatest and most creative thoughts transpire whenever you least expect them.
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Try to get recommendations and advice from experienced photographers and through various workshops. Read books and browse photography stuff online. Study history. Know the rules. Learn to see beyond the images captured by great photographers. Learn from the masters as you cultivate your own style of photography, but don’t imitate them.
Photo via Photosight.ru8. Look through your images.
Become skilled at photography and know how to work alone without distractions. Switch off your music activity when possible and be with silence. Each and every among us does have a muse inside us who tries to connect and guide us on our creative journey. It’s better to have a space in your house where you can keep them. Look at your photographs repeatedly at various time of day, in varying light and mood. Observe the way you react to your photograph. Let your images speak to you and try to listen.
Photo via Potterybarn9. Be open to criticism.
When someone criticize your work, disregard their advice whenever they tell you how to apply it their way. Your best critics should convey to you exactly what they see in your photograph and let you choose if or not what they see is a purpose of their exceptional vision or your success or failure in creating the whole picture you expected. In the end, it boils down to how passionate you are about your subject. Just photograph what interest you and let that passion manifest itself in your images.
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Think clearly around your goals and objectives. Know which is more essential to you personally: generating an ongoing revenue or having your photography given away and distributed? Are you more concerned about creating images everyone loves or creating images that you envision?
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