It's easy to take professional looking picture
I'm self taught ,and this is the easy way I understand it.
Might help someone starting out
Along time ago when I bought my first 35mm camera.
The man who owned the camera shop, that I bought the camera from,knew a lot about them. (The story about him is a whole other blog) he genuinely tried to teach his customers how to take pictures,because he said they made better customers.This is basically what he told me, He was kind and could really teach it quick.
first you need a camera that has manual settings.for focus, shutter speed and aperture.Not just automatic.
"Digital is easier than film to learn,because the viewfinder will show your Picture before and after you take it."
(With film you had to wait till you got it developed )
"It's All About Lighting"I like natural and fill lighting,but flash is needed low light snapshots.
You adjust the shutter speed and aperture.
fast shutter speed in bright light and slow in dim light.
If an aperture is narrow a sharp focus image .
wide aperture results in a picture that is sharp around what the lens is focusing on and blurred otherwise.
" I remember him telling me that you cannot hold the camera with a shutter speed slower than 125 Than you need a tripod to keep it from blurring"
And take a lot of pictures.the more you take the better chance of getting a good one.
That's really the basics.
And one other thing I learned is, put people in your pictures when you can.It gives prospective and makes them more interesting, sometimes.
Some of the most expensive works of art in the world all have people in them.
Go crazy taking picture of your family (Till they get tired of being a guinea pig) using different lighting and backgrounds.
Take pictures of everything when learning, for practice.
Inside your house,still lifes,closeups of stuff, outside in the yard.
"I like to crop my photos, take out the clutter,zoom in to what you want.They say there is an art to it"
With film you had to take it in and have it cropped. it easy with a computer.
Have fun it's easy.
BY: Christopher Mark BOVE'
Christophermbove@gmail.com
Here are some helpful YOUTUBE links:
THE ART OF CROPPING - "LESS IS MORE"
Night shooting ,you have to have a tripod ,when using existing light (no flash) or set the camera on something ,remote is nice if you have it,I use timer ,so I don't shake the camera trying to press the shutter button.aperture f 2.4 shutter speed 1.6 on the top fence picture.
Slow shutter speeds ,low light or conflicting light sources use manual focus.
