Be a Great Photographer
Have you ever wanted to get that perfect picture? capture the sun in a way that is breathtaking? Or maybe you just want to know more about learning to be a photographer! With these helpful hints , steps , tips , and warnings , you will soon become the great photographer that people admire! Scroll down to learn.
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Steps
- Get a camera. It does not have to be new! Check out how many mm it has! 36mm-108mm works well.
- Start experimenting with your settings. There are tons of them to mess with.
- For starters, take pictures of flowers, with the right knowledge, they are easy to capture and they look beautiful. To work on this, go to flower mode (macro) and work on it. You may like this!
- Get to know your camera too. learn how to turn flash on and off, take pictures(or video's), delete mess ups, look through your previously taken pictures, zoom in and out and more.
- Look at the tips below steps, these tips are helpful and they will get your creative mind going.
- Try different perspectives and angles, this will help you take a possibly normal photo and turn it into a beautiful masterpiece. Also try different settings like colors. You can have a picture be black & white, sepia (red), or just in color.
- Experiment. try getting down on your knees. Throw a pebble in water and then quickly get the picture, you want to be eye to eye with the water (but don't let it get wet) by getting this type of picture, with practice, you can get ripples and waves pictures that are truly stunning.
- Some other things that are fun to get are the following: the grass's reflection on the water, clouds, looking up at the top of a tree, chipped paint on old wood, anything mechanical and rusted, fire, animals, shadows, people swimming (especially jumping off a dock), statues, sun shining on water and much more.
- Make up your own style, do photography with passion.
Tips
- Try experimenting with different weather, rain is great to get on macro, if its on a window or something.other types are great as well and clouds can be really cool if you practice.
- Get some new angles and perspectives! Try to think outside the photo and get ordinary things in a new perspective, whether that's looking up, down, or anything in between.
- Try experimenting with different times of day, morning, night, or twilight, this will expand your horizon and you will have a blast!
- Be sure to have fun.
- The more you know, the more you'll grow! Take time to really get to know your camera.
- If you are using a more expensive camera or smartphone, try panorama mode, its easy to do and it looks really cool.
Warnings
- Getting to be a good photographer will take time, practice, and lots of patience, be sure you have those things to avoid frustration.
- If you are using someone else's camera for this, be sure that all of their pictures are saved on a computer TO AVOID MAKING THE HORRIBLE MISTAKE OF DELETING THEIR PICTURES ACCIDENTALLY.
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