{"id":430,"date":"2008-12-06T03:47:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresasweetphotography.wordpress.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2008-12-06T03:47:15","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T03:47:15","slug":"100-things-ive-learned-about-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teresasweetphotography.com\/blog\/100-things-ive-learned-about-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Things I've Learned About Photography…"},"content":{"rendered":"

** I came across this post from another site and thought it would be awesome to share.\u00a0 Hmmm, I think I just may write my own list when I have the spare time. (spare time??\u00a0 what is that?! lol)\u00a0 I figured all you photographers could appreciate this!**<\/span><\/p>\n

100 Things I\u2019ve Learned About Photography (from DPS site)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I found photography two and a half years ago I have learned different things which I would like to share with you today. These lessons have made me richer and I hope that you will find them refreshing and inspiring on your journey with the camera, too.<\/p>\n

1. Never do photography to become a rock-star.<\/p>\n

2. Enjoy what you are shooting.<\/p>\n

3. Prepare well for your shooting, realizing that your battery isn\u2019t charge when you\u2019re setting up for that sunrise shoot is too late!<\/p>\n

4. Always take one warm garment more than you actually need with you<\/p>\n

5. Pay attention to your thoughts and emotions while you are shooting<\/p>\n

6. Set goals you can achieve<\/p>\n

7. Write tips about photography, because writing is also learning<\/p>\n

8. Never go shooting without a tripod<\/p>\n

9. Be pleased with the little prosperities<\/p>\n

10. Build relationships with potential photo buddies<\/p>\n

11. Watch the place you want to shoot first with your heart then with the camera<\/p>\n

12. Always stay calm<\/p>\n

13. Know that you tend to overestimate yourself<\/p>\n

14. Perspective is the killer<\/p>\n

15. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much<\/p>\n

16. Take part in a photography community<\/p>\n

17. Keep your camera clean<\/p>\n

18. Never compare yourself to others in a better or worse context<\/p>\n

19. Find your own style of photography<\/p>\n

20. Try to compose more and to hit the shutter less<\/p>\n

21. Seek out and learn to accept critique on your images<\/p>\n

22. Do something different to recover creativity<\/p>\n

23. Get inspiration from the work of other photographers<\/p>\n

24. Criticize honestly but respectfully<\/p>\n

25. Get feedback from your lady<\/p>\n

26. Don\u2019t copy other photographer\u2019s style<\/p>\n

27. Be bold<\/p>\n

28. Take care of the golden ratio<\/p>\n

29. 10mm rocks!<\/p>\n

30. Take self-portraits<\/p>\n

31. Read books about photography<\/p>\n

32. To give a landscapephotograph the extra boost, integrate a person (maybe yourself)<\/p>\n

33. Every shooting situation is different than you expect<\/p>\n

34. Pay attention to s-curves and lines<\/p>\n

35. Always shoot in RAW (my opinion: hmmm, raw is good but I’m perfectly ok with jpegs.\u00a0 As long as you are spot on, or fairly close, to the correct exposure, you’re fine). =)<\/em><\/p>\n

36. Keep your sensor clean, so you can save some work cleaning your image in post production<\/p>\n

37. Discover the things you think are beautiful<\/p>\n

38. It takes time to become a good photographer<\/p>\n

39. The best equipment is that what you have now<\/p>\n

40. You can\u2019t take photographs of everything<\/p>\n

41. Break the rules of photography knowingly, but not your camera \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

42. Pay attention to the different way that light falls on different parts of your scene<\/p>\n

43. The eye moves to the point of contrast<\/p>\n

44. Clouds increase the atmosphere of a landscape<\/p>\n

45. Start a photoblog<\/p>\n

46. Accept praise and say “thank you”<\/p>\n

47. \u2018Nice Shot\u2019 is not a very useful comment to write<\/p>\n

48. \u2018Amazing!\u2019 isn\u2019t useful either. Try to describe specifically what you like or don\u2019t like about an image.<\/p>\n

49. You are not your camera<\/p>\n

50. Ask a question at the end of your comment on a photo to get a ping-pong conversation with the photographer<\/p>\n

51. Do a review of your archives on a regular basis, the longer you photograph – the more diamonds are hidden there<\/p>\n

52. Always clarify what the eyecatcher (focal point) will be in your image<\/p>\n

53. No image is better than a bad one<\/p>\n

54. Everyone has to start little<\/p>\n

55. Your opinion about photography is important!<\/p>\n

56. Leave a funny but thoughtful comment<\/p>\n

57. Speak about your experiences with your photo buddies<\/p>\n

58. Limit your photograph to the substance<\/p>\n

59. Participate in Photocontests<\/p>\n

60. Post processing = Optimizing your image to the best result<\/p>\n

61. Shoot exposure latitudes as often as possible<\/p>\n

62. Use photomatix as seldom as possible, HDR\u2019s always have a synthetic flavor<\/p>\n

63. Always remember what brought you to photography<\/p>\n

64. Never shoot a person who doensn\u2019t want to be photographed<\/p>\n

65. Always turn arround, sometimes the better image is behind you<\/p>\n

66. It\u2019s who\u2019s behind the camera, not the camera<\/p>\n

67. Mistakes are allowed! The more mistakes you make, the more you learn!<\/p>\n

68. If you have an idea and immediately you think : No, this is not going to work – Do it anyway. When in doubt – always shoot.<\/p>\n

69. Understand and look to your histogramm while shooting. It delivers very important information about your image<\/p>\n

70. Know your camera, because searching the menu button in the night is time you don\u2019t want to waste<\/p>\n

71. Shoot as often as possible<\/p>\n

72. Believe in yourself<\/p>\n

73. Don\u2019t be afraid of getting dirty<\/p>\n

74. Pay attention to qualitiy in your image<\/p>\n

75. Your photographs are a personal map of your psyche<\/p>\n

76. Re-check your ISO-Settings. It\u2019s aweful to detect the wrong settings on your screen.<\/p>\n

77. Be thankful for long and thoughtful comments on your images<\/p>\n

78. Never trust your LCD. Normally it is brighter and sharper as the original image.<\/p>\n

79. Provide for enough disc space, because it\u2019s cheap and you will need it.<\/p>\n

80. Learn to enjoy beautful moments when you don\u2019t have a camera with you.<\/p>\n

81. Always arrive at least half an hour earlier before sunrise \/ sundown, composing in a hurry is a bad thing.<\/p>\n

82. Try to amplify your mental and physical limits. Takes some extra shots when you think “it\u2019s enough”<\/p>\n

83. Pay attention to structures in the sky and wait until they fit into structures in the foreground<\/p>\n

84. Visit the same place as often as possible. Light never shows the same mountain.<\/p>\n

85. Print your images in big size. You will love it.<\/p>\n

86. Calibrate your monitor. Working with a monitor that is not accurate is like being together with someone you can\u2019t trust. It always ends badly.<\/p>\n

87. Don\u2019t think about what others may say about your image. If you like it, it\u2019s worth publishing.<\/p>\n

88. Never address reproaches to yourself. Learn from your mistakes and look forward, not backward.<\/p>\n

89. Fight your laziness ! Creativitiy comes after discipline.<\/p>\n

90. Ask yourself : What do you want to express in your images ?<\/p>\n

91. Always try to think outside the box, collect new ideas about photographs you could do and ask yourself : Why not?<\/p>\n

92. Search for a mentor.<\/p>\n

93. Photography is never a waste of time.<\/p>\n

94. Every community has it\u2019s downsides. Don\u2019t leave it out of an emotional response.<\/p>\n

95. There will always be people who will not like what you are doing.<\/p>\n

96. Henri Cartier-Bresson was right when he said that “Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.”<\/p>\n

97. A better camera doesn\u2019t guarantee better images.<\/p>\n

98. Always have printing in mind when you postprocess your images.<\/p>\n

99. Photography is fair : You gain publicity with the quality of your images. Unless the images are stolen, there is no way of cheating yourself higher.<\/p>\n

100. Write a 100 things list<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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