What advice would you give someone at any of these stages (or any others
that come to mind) of their photography? What important things did you
learn along the way that really helped?
Probably the most important thing I ever learned about photography is the
value of light. I had been using a camera since I was in my single digits
and it wasn't until my 5th decade that I was finally came to understand the
value of quality light. Up to that point, if there was enough light, I would
take the photo and live with the result. Over the years I was able to take a
very few images that I thought were good, but I still had no idea about the
quality of light and its impact on an image. After sitting through many
slide reviews by several pro photographers, I started to see and understand
the impact that good/great light has on the image.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2018 12:59 PM
Subject: Advice at various stages
On that other timesuck, someone once asked what advice you’d give to
dancers that have 1-3 years of experience. People could most benefit from
different advice at different stages of their learning process. What
advice would you give to people at different stages of learning
photography?
Just the concept of “new can have many shades of meaning:
New to photography, or new to taking their photography seriously.
New to digital photography.
New to taking photos with a DSLR, rather than a camera.
The next step seems to be having learned the basics of manual controls and
processing raw files.
After that, is often studio lighting.
What about the photographer who has worked for many years and feels that
their growth as a photographer has hit a plateau?
What advice would you give someone at any of these stages (or any others
that come to mind) of their photography? What important things did you
learn along the way that really helped?
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Larry Colen
[email protected]
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