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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-07-12 03:09 pm

[ SECRET POST #2748 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2748 ⌋

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Early because ... World Cup! No other excuse.

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Re: How do I?

[personal profile] abharding 2014-07-13 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Coming from someone who likes to think of herself as a serious amateur here are a few of my thoughts...

You need to take a complete set of classes. If you want to become a serious photographer I would take a few classes to learn about lighting - both natural and studio, maybe go over the basics so you have a really firm footing on the jargon, and learn how really use your camera and image processing program of choice. In short,take a few classes to help improve your technical skills.

I would also look and see in you can find a group of fellow photographers. (And you might find those through the classes.) They can help with some of the non-technical skills by being more objective eyes who may point out things that you just don't see - because you know the story behind the photos and they mean something to you but they don't. They are just looking at the images as images.

They can also help with what I think as one of the biggest distinctions between a photographer and someone who just takes a lot of pictures and that is editing. Taking that stack of say 500+ pictures and by going through them over and over find the best 10 or 15. A portfolio is only as only as strong as the weakest image.

Hope this helps.