How To Get Started With Photography

Get Started With Photography

Learn 9 tips for starting photography for beginners. These are beginner photography tips so you don’t make beginner photography mistakes. Get started with Photography

Use The Camera You Have Now

Tip number one. Use the camera you have now. If you don’t have a DLSR or a mirrorless camera, use your phone, it’ll work perfectly. Photography is an investment. You will probably buy several cameras over the lifetime of your photography journey. The mistake a lot of people make who are starting out in photography, they think a more expensive camera will mean better photos. A camera is simply a tool, and without an interesting subject, correct composition and good lighting, the photo could still fail regardless of how good their camera is. So, instead of spending a lot of money on an expensive camera, buy something within your budget, and once you’re ready, invest in a more expensive one. If you really have to buy a camera now, I suggest you buy something that can do photography and video. Because you never know, you might decide that you wanna do both. But something preferably with a flip-up or flip-out screen.

Keep A Camera With You As Much As Possible

Tip number two. Keep a camera with you as much as possible. If you’re going somewhere in your car, bring your camera with you, keep it in the car. One of the best ways to practice taking photos is to have a camera with you as much as possible. If all you have is your phone, use that. The idea is, you are in a position to capture images of something that is in the moment. Because you will be able to take photos of anything, that will help you get creative ideas. Then, when you get home, you can look at the photos and see what you really captured. You may decide you like street photography from these experiences. You may even capture something that’s newsworthy.

Take Photos Of Everything

Tip number three, take photos of everything. Try all kinds of photography, don’t focus on only one type of photography. Of course, if you like portrait photography, then do that. What I’m trying to say is, that you should explore all the possibilities before focusing on only one type of photography. Try to add variation by learning about macro photography, landscapes, portraits, wildlife. The main thing is to practice. The more photos you take, the better you’ll get.

Watch Tutorials

Tip number four, watch tutorials. Take a class. There are a lot of photography magazines out there. There are a lot of free photography tutorials on YouTube. Colleges and universities offer courses. It’s okay to be self-taught, but it’s always good to get a different perspective in an instructor-led class.

Find A Mentor

Tip number five, find a mentor. Now, it doesn’t have to be a physical person that you talk to. What I mean is you can go and find photographers on Instagram that you admire. You can look at their work on their Instagram feed and also, you may find a link to their website. Study their work and style, and try to work out what makes those photos great. Go to galleries, talks, and watch videos. Anything that will make you feel like you want to go out and take photos is a great way of inspiring yourself. Doing this will also help you to find your own style.

Learn Your Camera

Tip number six, learn your camera. Now, when you’re first starting out a lot of cameras have an auto setting, and it’s okay to use that. Because what you wanna do when you first get a camera is get right to it and start taking photos. So use that auto setting, but spend some quality time with the camera manual, and that’s a good way to get acquainted with it. An even better way is to shoot it every day and dig deeper and deeper into the settings.

Buddy Up

Tip number seven, buddy up. It’s great to find a friend that has a photography interest like yours. You can share equipment, share lenses, try each other’s camera. Even if you live in what you consider to be the middle of nowhere, you’d be surprised at the number of people out there that are willing to meet up. There’s Digital Photography Meetups page out there.

Store Photos In A Safe Place

Tip number eight, find someplace safe to store your photos. Now, this is important. Because you’re spending a lot of time taking these photos, you don’t want something to happen to say, your phone or your computer hard drive. You wanna put your photo someplace safe. If you’re using a phone, maybe you’re using iCloud storage. It’s fine to have it on your phone, but you need another place for it to be backed up. Same with your computer. If you’re using your computer hard drive to store all your photos, it is best to have another place like say, Google Drive or even Amazon photos where you can back ’em up and they’ll be safe.

Put Your Work Out There

Tip number nine, put your work out there. Post on Instagram or Facebook. Let people know what you’re doing, let your friends know what you’re doing. Photos don’t always come out perfect right out of the camera, so learn the basics of editing, like adjusting brightness, contrast, and color. If you’re shooting with a phone there are a lot of free photo editing apps for both the iPhone and Android, for DLSR and mirrorless cameras.

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