As an artist photography is a thing, which you can use to express yourself if you’re truly serious about photography.
and as you know it’s quite easy these days to learn photography quickly.
you can just search on youtube and you’ll get a bunch of good photography tutorials, like how to use your DSLR camera, what is ISO, shutter speed and aperture, and so on…
but do you think, watching all those stuff helps you out to get better pictures?
during night time, where you need to play with lights, or even during sunlight or in any situation where you need to capture good images with your creativity.
so, if you don’t know all this stuff then just understand what I say.
because when I was young and a newbie in this photography world, I thought that after purchasing a DSLR camera (with kit lens 😀 ) it’s very easy to improve my photography performance from smartphone to DSLR camera.
I was thinking, all I need to do is click the shutter button to get the blurry background with sharp in-focus objects.
but that’s not a thing which matters if you want to become a better photographer, or even if you want to improve your photography performance.
yeah, at that time I know how to capture simple photos with my DSLR camera but I never know how to handle and use some other modes and cool features of my DSLR camera.
which really helps me to improve my photography performance like any other photographer.
we photographers just edit some simple photographs using Lightroom or adobe photoshop which gives cool output and in the end, we called it our creativity.
but this stuff works sometimes ( ask yourself ) but not every time.
so I hope, now you know that it’s not the proper way to improve our photography performance.
yeah, it’s useful but once you master some cool things which I am mentioning in this article later, that definitely going to helps you out to improve your photography performance.
so, now without talking more about this topic, let’s get started.
Ways to improve photography performance
as I said earlier, you can find way more different techniques and tricks to capture better images.
but in this article, I am mentioning only the most needed & useful ways which definitely help you to enhance your photography skills.
my top 7 tips to improve your photography performance this year.
please don’t skip any single point, because these points are very important to improve your photography performance.
Learn manual mode + other gears which you have
this is the very first, and one of the most important tips.
which helps me to play with lights and also helps me to get creative shots.
This one is the first and most important point which you must need to learn if you want to improve your overall photography performance no matter what the situations are.
if you want to master night photography or even portrait photography or even landscape, you need to know manual mode.
this mode helps you to master ISO, shutter speed, Aperture, etc kind of the most important things, so this is the first step.
if you own any other gears like some cool filters or extra flash then you need to know some basic working of that gears.
if you don’t have any resources then don’t worry, here are some useful resources which help you to improve your photography skills.
- How to use a DSLR camera: Beginners full guide
- Learn Night photography
- The quick guide to Manual mode
- Understand ISO and shutter speed
Basic understanding of the tripod
Tripods are very important, If your hands are not that steady to capture sharp images.
or even if you’re going out for a photoshoot during night time, then a tripod is a must-needed gear.
I hope you know that we use the tripod for stability and to capture sharp photographs.
sometimes when you are capturing photographs of some landscapes or long exposure ( light trails ) then your camera must need stability.
for that purpose, you need a tripod, which helps you to capture sharp and creative photographs.
look at this long-exposure photograph.
streets of Ahmedabad | follow PEWDOC on Instagram
Capture everywhere
this rule is very important for every newbie photographer, who just bought a new DSLR camera and not ready to take it everywhere.
that’s your mistake, if you love photography then just capture it everywhere, it helps you to improve your photography performance and also gives you a different perspective to capture one single image.
as I made an early mistake in my photography career, like thinking about the gear i want to buy.
or just watching photography tutorials on youtube, or buying online courses related to photography, etc…
this thing helps you at some level, but if you want to get quick results then you need to go outside with your camera.
just try it, once you realize this feeling, it helps you to capture more interesting photographs.
Accept some challenges
Photography challenges are very interesting, these challenges help you to get a better version of yourself.
and in the end, you learn lots of new things with improved photography skills, and that’s very unique and interesting.
see this image, which shows a 30-day photography challenge, try it and see what you get at the end.
Share your photographs and ask for feedback ( my favorite)
these days social media is a very huge place, I never saw a photographer who didn’t have any social accounts, that totally impossible if you don’t have any social account.
so if you don’t have a social account then, first of all, create it and share your photographs with your friends, family, and everyone.
you can even share it with some pro photographer which you follow ( go on youtube, many photographers ask for images to edit on their videos ) & like and then ask for some feedback.
understand what they say properly and then improve your mistakes.
do this thing again and again it helps you to capture great shots.
Visit every single place which you love
this is something special and different thing which you must need to try if you love traveling.
so, if you love traveling then take your camera everywhere and capture every single place.
every moment, every hour is more important for you to capture some eye-catching photographs.
Work…work and work
last but not the least point which you must must must need to follow.
if you want to improve photography performance then practice is the only golden key, which helps you every time.
if you don’t practice every single point which is mentioned earlier then you can’t able to improve your photography performance that’s for sure.
so set goals and archive them, that’s the only way to get mastery over your photography skills.
Useful resources to improve photography
- Photography gear tips to master
- 17+ Photography hacks you need to know
- Learn Landscape photography
- Know why manual focus is important
- Macro photography without a macro lens
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hope you guys find some useful information and assuming it helps you to improve your photography performance, thank you, and best of luck :).
