Photography is kind of confusing when your first staring out. There wasn’t a lot of youtube on photography back then and you had to read articles and try to learn from other photographers.
Well we are kind of a weird bunch when it comes to learning, a lot of photographers just won’t help you because they are afraid you will get there clients (theres only a bazillion people on earth believe me there are plenty of clients to go around). I was told large amounts of money to work with me and the articles I didn’t understand.
I remember reading over and over the same articles to try to understand camera settings. ISO, F stop, ISO, Shutter Speed all of that is very confusing to a new photographer. I remember when I was first learning rodeo photography I belonged to a camera club (no longer a club) and a few of the members helped me out. I wanted to freeze action, I wanted you to look at a photo and think “Wow how did she do that”. My Ah-Ha moment was practicing in my front yard on a very small sprinkler and trying to stop the water droplets in the air.
I spent so much time practicing on that water sprinkler, uploading photos, adjusting settings (I had no idea what I was doing or why) and then seeing how things looked then again uploading photos re looking at them.
It took awhile for me to make sense of all those camera settings, but that practice time in my front yard on that little water sprinkler was my ah-ha moment that helped me be the photographer I am today. Mainly learning my camera, not shooting on auto and adjusting settings to make the most of my photos.
When a new photographer messages me I always recommend a lot of practice like the one I used to do, its the best way to learn. Shoot, download, look and edit, reshoot, download, look and edit.
Your an work with the best in the world but if you don’t practice you won’t improve and you won’t have your ah-ha moment
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