Thursday, May 10, 2012

Photography As A Hobby or Career

By Dorsey T. Emanus


You have now made the decision to get into photography, or simply just want to snap better pictures. Your timing could not be better. The following paragraphs, plus some practice, will turn you into an amazing shutterbug.

Before making travel plans, have a list handy of places you'd like to see and ideas you'd like to photograph. If you are looking for inspiration, take a look at some postcards to get ideas of what to shoot. Postcards have all the photos of attractions and other interesting things that you can include in your own photos.

Keep a "photo diary" while taking pictures. Whenever you go back and view the vast number of photos you have taken, you may not remember where and when some of them occurred. Keep a notepad handy and write down which number your photo is and a description.

Try new techniques, and be brave enough to take thoroughly original photos. It is important to inject a dose of individuality into every photograph taken. Stay away from taking classic pictures that people have seen a million times. An unusual angle can be just the thing to express your creativity and create a memorable photograph.

Shooting photographs at night requires that you set up special lighting. Whenever there isn't enough natural light, it is especially important to have alternative sources of lighting set up. Slow shutter speeds, artificial lighting and other features allow you to properly photograph at night.

Experiment with the focus on your camera to create interesting pictures. Choosing a lower f-stop number will sharpen the focus on your central subject, and blur the rest. This is good for taking pictures of people when the person is very close to your camera. You can get a greater depth-of-field using a larger f-stop so that everything can be shot in focus. Larger f-stop numbers are ideal for landscape photography.

Do you know how to start with your own photography concepts now? Do you have a few great locations in mind? Are you aware of what works and what does not work for you? As long as you can answer the questions asked here, then you know that you have absorbed the knowledge provided in this article.




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