I’m new to photography, i own a Canon eos 1300d and i know the basic things, such as how the camera works how aperture and exposure worlds, ISO and stuff

But how do i improve my skills overall?

I have athlete friends who are good and im the school photographer i wanna be able to be good enough to shoot pictures by their side, so atleast i don’t feel left out

Pls give tips and what stuff to buy

  • vaughanbromfield@alien.top
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    1 year ago

    A good way to begin is to look at good photographs of whatever you want to do, work out what makes them good, then work out how to achieve that yourself. It’s an iterative process so give yourself time.

    Some of “what makes the photographs good” might be related to equipment: if, say, you like the close-and-personal photographs of athletes then you’re going to need access to a good position, a long lens to get tight framing, or both. Sports and bird/wildlife are two specialisations where equipment really does matter and there isn’t a cheap alternative to the big long fast lenses the pros use.

    • Warm-Surprise-5467@alien.top
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      1 year ago

      Thanks, I’ll look at sport photography to get a better sense of what it needs to look like

      I am planning on buying a 55-250mm lens since it is sports

      But do i need to edit my photos?

      • vaughanbromfield@alien.top
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        1 year ago

        Depends on what you mean by “edit”. If it was me I’d get a workflow that produces sufficient quality jpegs straight out of the camera, or I’d be aiming for that. If you frequently need to adjust exposure, contrast, colour, sharpness then you need to be improving your technique.

        • Warm-Surprise-5467@alien.top
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          1 year ago

          I shoot in natural mode so when editing i can add exposure, contrast and color.

          I’ve heard someone say before, you can add contrast but can’t remove it

          • vaughanbromfield@alien.top
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            1 year ago

            What I’m suggesting is to set your defaults so the camera jpegs are client-ready without any post editing. Get them off the card and deliver. If you want to make decent money you need to be smart about how much time you spend on a job. Photographing for a couple of hours and editing for a couple more means you have halved your productivity: you could have been out photographing.