- Don’t ever lose the spark that got you into photography. Your passion for creating beautiful images of things that interest you is the underlying motivating force behind every shoot you do.
- You can always get to know light better.
- Whether it’s an adherence to the rule of thirds, a love of circles, filling the frame, dramatic lines or repeating patterns, your choices in how you frame a shot defines you as a photographer.
- Audiences love detail and light provides it. The more light, the more detail. But don’t forget to keep a steady hand, too.
- When you keep a student mentality, it keeps you curious and hungry. And this keeps you getting better.
- If you’re simply out trying to capture a moment, try it on auto for a bit – your camera may surprise you.
- Try putting it on aperture priority, going as wide as it will allow for that shallow depth of field and let the camera figure out the rest.
- Very few of us read our manuals. But you should definitely think about digging it out and learning something new about your gear.
- You’ll never do exactly what someone else did – it’s too hard to control every single variable anyway.
- Just a quick reminder here to give yourself every bit of flexibility and detail available in your great camera by keeping it on RAW mode.