How can new photographers improve themselves?

Photographer is a very promising job, as long as you have a strong photography ability, you will get a steady stream of customers, and its salary income is naturally not bad. So, for a beginning photographer, how to improve themselves? Next, we will share with you some tips to improve.

Improve photography composition skills

Composition is the most important of a photo, a good photographer can use composition to show the beauty in front of you, express what is in your mind, through a reasonable layout to visualize the subject to show. So, how can photographers improve their compositional skills?

1, see more excellent work

Many novice photographers often use the well composition and three-point composition to shoot, if you want to master more advanced composition, you must see more and more feel good works, so that they have a memory of the composition of the gods first, to be able to think of the work to use.

2、Change the focal length of the lens

Lens focal length change will also affect the choice of composition! As a novice photographer, it is recommended that we should change the focal length more, change different angles, and then slowly observe the differences in the photos, so that after training, the skills of composition naturally progress.

3, need to shoot more practice

Composition is the soul of a photo, the lack of composition, the picture will look cluttered, no theme. Therefore, the best way is to shoot more and more practice, through the continuous correction of their own shooting works, and eventually form their own shooting skills.

Understanding the function of photographic equipment

Often see some novice photographers with very expensive photographic equipment, but very unfamiliar with the equipment, the basic operation will not be adjusted, for example, do not know how to adjust the exposure compensation, or close the reflector pre-lift function, etc., some more exaggerated do not know how to focus correctly. Therefore, no matter what kind of photographic equipment you choose, the first time to familiarize yourself with the use of equipment and functional parameters, which will help novice photographers to shoot more safely, and then you can more efficiently capture the fleeting beauty.

It is also recommended that before buying photography equipment, it is best to learn about photography equipment in the relevant photography forums, such as: model price, shooting scenes, light, exposure, focus, depth of field, perspective, etc.. After the purchase of photographic equipment, to read the manual carefully, for not understanding the place to go to the relevant forum for consultation, in short, the first common functions to understand clearly, and then repeatedly hands-on.

Familiar with the use of filters

There is no perfect equipment, even if the more expensive lens, in some scenes, you need to use special filters to enhance the effect. For example, when shooting in a relatively large light environment, in order to balance the exposure, you need to use the gradient gray filter. Therefore, novice photographers want to improve their skills, you need to do the following.

1, when shooting long exposures will need to be fitted with ND lenses, which can reduce the light entering the camera.

2, want to eliminate the subject reflection when you have to choose polarizing lens, can eliminate the reflection of the glass or water surface, looks more transparent.

3, different filters have a special role, to know when to use, can make your photos in detail better, this point is recommended that we follow the cattle in the forum to learn.

Post-photography should not be ignored

Photography post can take you through the shortcomings and limitations of the equipment, can improve the quality of your photos, the picture of some errors and defects eliminated. The Raw format within the camera is designed to give photographers more room for retouching, as long as you know how to post-photography, it is like the key to a new world of doors, improving the color and imaging effects of photos.

In short, to become an excellent photographer, you need to constantly improve their compositional skills, understand the function of the equipment, familiar with the filter function, focus on the post-photography, etc., so that their photography works better and better.

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