Photography Tips..

Photography Tips

i got from Photomalaysia and i would like to share it out to you guys...

- Read fundamental topics on photography, focusing on topics such as shutter time (S on your camera), aperture (A on your camera), light (ISO) and composition (the imaginary world in your brain). Plenty of books available and the Internet is a giant resource if one cannot afford to buy them (although i think you can if you have the resources to slap a few thousands on the table for a camera).

- Without advertising for it, Digital Camera Magazine Malaysia edition only cost 9 RM and holds some good reading material.

- Focus on what you like most in photography, don't try to master every subject from the beginning. After a while you most likely stick with certain subjects only anyway, the ones you further specialize.

- Develop 'an eye' for frames, try to see the world through the viewfinder of a camera to look out for interesting shots. Use your hands to make virtual frames.

- Explore and understand the fundamentals for composition, such as mentioned above 'the rule of third' but also the way lines and objects appear in a photograph.

Our brain for instance tends to focus on images from left to right, which is most of the times the difference between a 'good photograph' and 'an average photograph'. Again DCM has some nice topics on this, showing you 'good' and 'bad'.

- Learn from others by listening and practising. Interact by showing them your results and be open for positive critisism.

- Learn and know your camera, it does not make any sense to buy the 'best of the best' (if there is such a thing) not being able to operate it.

- In modern days of digitial photography, spend some time in trying to learn and operate software that can assist in further optimizing your shots in the field. (I have invested in some books by Scott Kelby and they have ultimately lead me to a technique which i follow on 90% of the shots i take)

- Watch plenty of photographs from others and try to judge them on the basics, such as composure, light, color etc. and ask yourself if you would do the same or different. I.e. changing the angle, underexpose or anything to develop a certain technique which slowly becomes your own.