1 Shoot with a fixed-focus lens only.
Although the appearance of zoom lens greatly facilitates our shooting work, we can choose the desired focal length at will without changing the lens frequently. You can travel around the world without dragging a heavy camera bag. But have you ever thought that it is this convenience that leads to your laziness of thinking and limits your imagination?
The traditional fixed-focus lens still has its own unique advantages. The most important thing is to make us more diligent. As the saying goes, concentration depends on walking. In order to make the subject be photographed in a better posture, we need to observe, walk and compose better, and we need to move constantly to find the best shooting angle. When taking pictures outside, it is recommended to use a fixed-focus lens, slow down the angle in an impetuous society, and calm down to enjoy the process of taking pictures.
Of course, the benefits of a fixed-focus lens go far beyond these. Fixed-focus lenses often have a larger aperture, which allows you to absorb more light in a dark environment, so that you can shoot more themes and have more room to play. The structure of fixed-focus lens is simpler than that of zoom lens, the optical design in the fixed frame is often more prominent, and the imaging quality is better than that of zoom lens. Large aperture can bring more charming shallow depth of field.
More importantly, fixed-focus lenses are often much cheaper than zoom lenses of the same quality.
Shooting in the worst conditions
This sentence sounds a bit contradictory. As a photographer, of course, we should choose the best conditions and the best time to shoot, especially for light.
However, what we are talking about here is to train your photography skills. In order to hone your photography skills, shooting in the worst environment is a good means, which can effectively help train your ability to cope with different situations and encourage you to open your mind and have more ideas and creativity to express the scenery in front of you.
If you want to be a professional photographer, the conditions can't be perfect every time you shoot. You must train yourself to control the environment in adversity. For example, if you like to take landscape photography, then you can't always take pictures when the sun is shining, it rains on cloudy days, or even typhoons. Only by practicing in this environment can you make your shooting more handy.
Be careful with your shutter.
Although the cost of pressing the shutter once in the digital age is negligible, we no longer have to consider the problem of wasting film when using digital cameras. So you don't care how many times you press the shutter, but you will always shoot as many times as possible in the same scene, and then choose your ideal work after shooting. However, these convenience cards often become the reason for our laziness. You no longer cherish the shutter, which creates more picture rubbish, and then you just delete it. Imagine, if you are still shooting with film, and there are only 36 or even 12 or less in a roll, would you still press the shutter in such a hurry?
Please be careful with your shutter, even if you use a digital camera, please follow the idea of filming. Every time you press the shutter, you should think carefully, make a composition, and seriously consider the light and depth of field. Or you can shoot directly with a film camera, and every shutter is a journey that cannot be turned back.
Give yourself a long-term shooting theme.
If you want to be a professional photographer, you must understand that interest can't help you make money, and clients only commission photos of specific topics. Inviting others to arrange shooting tasks for themselves can effectively help them improve their photography skills. Because when you take a shooting theme as your task, you must ask yourself to fully grasp the customer's ideas and complete the content on the customer's shooting list perfectly.
When you accept the shooting tasks entrusted to you by your relatives and friends, please remember that they are customers and regard these tasks as your work. Only by completing the shooting task with your heart can you get their praise.
Set a time for your own shooting.
Planning the shooting time for yourself and completing the shooting task within the planned time can effectively train your shooting efficiency, let you manage your time more independently and make your shooting work more organized. When you give yourself a shooting theme, you also add a time limit, such as shooting a market activity one hour and shooting a street of people one day. After the binding training of time and theme, I believe your shooting speed and work quality will be greatly improved.
Try something new that you haven't been involved in.
I believe you are already an experienced photographer. Have you ever met a bottleneck, taken countless photos, and finally found that your work is the same, and you feel that you have taken these before each shot? Why did you shoot again? At this time, maybe you should remind yourself that instead of repeating the same shooting every day, it is better to try some new subjects, shoot some topics that you have never touched, and use some photography techniques or equipment that you have never used before.
If you are a wedding photographer, then you should try to shoot the scenery; If you are a landscape photographer, then you should try to shoot portraits. If you are a commercial photographer, take to the streets and try to photograph the humanities. New attempts can not only broaden your horizons, but also give you a deeper understanding and experience of photography. While learning new technologies, you can also find new fun.
7 later gave up.
When I used to take pictures, I always thought that the early stage was not smooth and I would make up for it later. In fact, a good work is very important. In the digital age, the convenience of the later period makes a complete photography process indispensable. Whether it is the most basic picture cropping, tone adjustment, or even content modification.
But if you really want to improve your photography, then "shooting" a work is far more important than "creating" a work.
This is not to say that the later period is not important, but that a good work often does not need to be revised later. Try to shoot your work without any later period, so that your work can be praised and praised when you share it with friends. This is your real strength. Only in this way can you become a qualified photographer.
8 use film photography
One advantage (or disadvantage, which varies from person to person) of film photography is that you can't see the shooting result immediately after pressing the shutter.
If you want to know the quality of the work you just shot, you must develop the photos. Although the appearance of digital photography has greatly reduced the cost of people taking pictures, it has made photography rapidly popular. But if you really want to be a qualified photographer, you can at least try to take pictures with film. Film photography allows you to learn the basic principles of exposure more actively. The carrier limitation of the film itself makes you think carefully before shooting every work and stop being a shutter killer. The anticipation before rushing and the surprise (or disappointment) after rushing are both experiences that digital photography can't bring you.