How many times have you heard this phrase?And I still don’t know anyone who doesn’t put on a series of purposes when a new year begins, what they fill or isn’t another song, but the goals are, and so are you?Well, this year, in addition to those of quitting smoking, going to the gym, leading a healthier life, etc. , etc. , I offer you a series of tips so that one of your goals this year is to beat you as a photographer or photographer, dare you?It’s much more motivating than going to the gym, isn’t it, especially for those of us who have quiet hobbies; PAGS
Although self-taught learning is fantastic and very honorable, from my own experience I will tell you that it is something much slower, requires more effort and time and you miss many things that with a course you would never escape. You. Very basic aspects too. If you’re just getting started I recommend you take a look at Mario’s new course, if you’re already on a slightly more advanced level look for something more specific, such as processing, light, color processing, etc. your city, they organize something and if not, you can search the net. Canon and Nikon usually take courses of this type (and no, don’t you have to have their brand’s camera?).
- If in your city there is a photographic association or a group of photographer friends.
- I encourage you to join them.
- Sharing this love serves to share experiences.
- To learn.
- To motivate you to go out and photograph.
- To discover everything that is going on.
- Around you related to photography.
- Such as courses.
- Exhibitions.
- Conferences.
- Contests.
- Etc.
- It also gives you the opportunity for your work to be seen and therefore receive criticism.
- Good and bad.
- Which of these (as long as they are constructive.
- Of course) is the one you can learn the most.
Yes, reading is wonderful, necessary, exciting, invigorating and a thousand other things, but if you also read a photography book, you’ll dive a little de more into this fabulous ocean of photography. Here are 11 of the best photography books on the market. Are you still in time to ask the kings?
And when I encourage you to participate in a contest, a photo marathon or similar, I do not do so with the intention of encouraging you to win a prize, your price is your photo, your pleasure, the emotion you manage to convey. If you also realize something material, welcome, the main reason to submit to such calls is the ability they have to awaken and test your creativity, it is a perfect excuse so that your camera does not forget in the background of a wardrobe (the worst thing you can do if you want to overcome yourself as a photographer).
You know, practice makes the teacher. Contests test your creativity and require you to draw your camera, but the year is very long and you can’t limit yourself to these events if you want to improve, to advance you must train, shoot and shoot until your fingers hurt. Of course, isn’t it planned to do it indiscriminately and photograph the same subject a hundred times in the same way?Practice different styles, exercise, take advantage of any good opportunity to carry your camera, participate in our weekly challenges,
Especially at first, when you are more lost than the rice can, it is essential to observe the work of others, in this way you develop the photographic eye and discover the type of photographs that you like, and from there, you create your own. photographic style. To learn from other photographers, as I mentioned earlier, you can join an association, go to exhibitions or visit galleries in Internet. Si you want to improve your photographs, you have to look at many others, like a writer who reads without resusuring.
Break the rules, make photo mistakes and unlearn what you’ve learned. Yes, you read well, and no, my head hasn’t gone away. First of all, to break the rules you have to know them well. And if you don’t. You don’t know them you should start there, once you master them, play to transgress them, intentionally trick you into taking different photographs, have your own imronta, go further and capture the attention of any look. soon about unlearning what we’ve learned, but write it down, because basically, you’ll have to take a step back and get started.
It is quite a difficult task, especially since when you are photographing something it is usually with a lot of affection, to the scene or to this art in general, but in any image you capture, you usually leave a piece of yourself and throw it away. Throwing it away is not easy, now if you want to continue as a photographer you have to be the biggest critic of your work, start with your first photos and erase those that are poorly made or empty (as long as they are not a special memory, of course, anything goes, a blurred photo of your child’s birthday is better than no photo !!!) And when it comes to showing your work, if you don’t want to disturb the staff, first make a good selection and show only the best, you People will thank you and you have done a necessary and indispensable exercise in self-criticism.
It is not a job, it is not an obligation, it is a hobby that you do for fun (unless you dedicate yourself professionally to photography, which in this case, most of these objectives will be far surpassed). For this reason, the most important thing is that you see them as an opportunity to have fun and enjoy this world, that it does not involve an effort and that you end up sweating with the great drop or the pressure that you do not arrive, it is not at all. and take advantage of these tips to have fun. Otherwise, if you’re not having fun, stop and think about what’s going on.
You’ll never be a good photographer if there’s no emotion in your photographs. You may be a good product photographer, but that’s all. Music moves you and comes when it makes you vibrate, so does a photo, maybe not. they have perfectly harmonized chords, but if it makes a sensation, you’ll want to see it over and over again, however, a technically perfect and empty photo will go unnoticed and never make the charts.
Yo me he propuesto al menos cumplir la mitad de estos propósitos (es que la falta de tiempo ahora juega en mi contra, sino los haría todos todos). ¿Y tú cuantos de estos consejos piensas seguir? ¿Tienes alguno más en mente que quieras compartir con nosotros? ¡Estamos deseando escucharlo! Y si conoces a alguien que también desee mejorar como fotógrafo en este nuevo 2016, no dudes en compartir la información, el mundo no necesita mejores cámaras, el mundo necesita mejores fotógrafos ?
¡Feliz Año Nuevo!