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New to Photography - could need some advice!

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:iconmirudorias:
~Mirudorias Sep 4, 2012
Hello everyone. :)

I recently bought me a camera to give it a go and to try out, whether this is a potential new Hobby for me and well... it is! :)
And now I want to improve my skills with your help. I want my pictures to impress people - to be breathtaking - but at the moment I honestly don't think they do.
And that's why I'm looking for advice on what to improve (and there is sure a lot to improve), whehter it comes to Lighting, Editing or whatever else.

I hope you dudes and dudettes can give me some hints, I would highly apreciate it. :)
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:iconpixieandherpixels:
*PixieAndHerPixels Sep 9, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
My hint for you, is enjoy it! If you're starting out, don't focus on all the 'rules of photography' because it can make things too serious and take away the novelty of it being something that you enjoy.
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~Mirudorias Sep 10, 2012
I will always enjoy it, no matter how focused I am, but I will definitely take a good look on my behaviour - just in case. :P
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~MichaelRowlandson Sep 7, 2012  Professional Photographer
There are many ways of doing this, The best way is to get a really good understanding of light. How light falls on to your subject. One thing to keep in mind is that the environment/background is just as important as the subject itself.
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~AvianEx Sep 7, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
Hello!
I made a group, that I really hope to become quite popular. I have a couple of people joining, but it really needs help. I hope to start giving out 'mentors' to new photographers, so that they can learn from more experienced photographers, and enjoy taking better quality photos.
If you want to join, here's the link!
[link]
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~KingStephenArthur Sep 4, 2012  Student Photographer
what I did when I first started photography is looked at other peoples photos that I liked, and tried to find stuff around where I live to create similar photos :) that was 4 years ago, you'll teach yourself a lot doing that, asking yourself "how did they get this effect?" a lot of times I would go out and try to recreate a shot and it would not come out the same way I saw it, which ends up being a good thing because then you can learn on your own.

that's what I would do, look for shots here on DeviantArt that you like, and try to make them yourself. great way to learn.
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Mood: Love *Clerdy Sep 4, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
A good thing to get aswel is a tripod, personally im not very good at holding still which can ruin my shots which is very annoying.

Good practice with the auto settings for a while and just get used to aiming and finding your subject ect.

x
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:iconmirudorias:
~Mirudorias Sep 4, 2012
I'm waiting for my tripod to be delivered to test some things at night (light trails aspecially). :)
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~Blackrosekane89 Sep 4, 2012  Student General Artist
This an excellent source for the technical aspects [link]

When I got started, the best advice I got was to stop taking up close photos of random stuff (which a lot newbs seems to do, including myself) and flowers and things like that. Learn some compositional guidelines and just try to create full scenes and try to incorporate as many compositional elements as you can. That advice was a big help to me!

For example you have a lot of landscape/skyscrape photos. Try adding a main subject, a person for scale emphasis, an animal, something like that to help you with subject placement. Biggest thing that stuck out to me is that a lot of your photos look underexposed.

Here are some composition tips to get you started [link]
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Mood: Joy ~Mirudorias Sep 4, 2012
I'll look at those links as soon as I have some (or some more) spare time. Thank you for your critique, it'll be very helpful for me for my future pictures.
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*BigBlueSkyFotos Sep 4, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
work at your technique every day. shoot, evaluate, shoot, evaluate... you won't make the pictures you say you want to make if you don't practice and work with a camera until you don't have to think about how the camera works. memorize the buttons and dials where you don't have to look at them to set the camera.
study other photographers' and artists' work that catches your eye, and ask why that image appeals to you? sit-down with tracing paper and trace images that grab you-discover and study their composition by doing this.
A photograph is about light. Study the light (even when your not shooting) and how it hits your subject at different times of the day and how it influences mood or shows detail.
make images that you like or love first. trying to impress others before yourself is a sure way to cure yourself of ever wanting to make photographs by sucking the joy out of creating. Make images for yourself first...
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