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
1st tip: Don’t stick with your camera, use it for practice but keep renting more advanced cameras for work.
2nd tip: You need to be as a good editor as photographer. Without good editing you won’t achieve the results you are after for you or clients. So jump right into it.
For the 1st tip, i am broke and I’m too somewhat timid to ask for money when taking pictures since my skills are only above beginner by a bit,
For tip 2, I’ll definitely download an editing software on my laptop since editing on my phone takes a bit to load. I currently use Adobe light room on my phone idk which editing software on laptop tho
Well, keep practicing and the time of getting paid might not be as far as you think. And good luck with the editing!
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.
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?
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.
This is pretty objectively bad advice. Shoot in RAW, learn how to edit.
I shoot in raw+Jpeg format
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
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.
Practice and taking photos is going to be the best way to improve. Don’t fall into the trap of, “I have to have XYZ piece of gear to shoot good photos.”
So basically, if you know your camera, money isn’t a problem?
I’ll be honest… I have no idea what you mean by that statement.
No like, I’ve heard someone say before that if you know the limitations of your camera and master it, money isn’t gonna be a big of a problem since you can take great shots with cheap equipment
That is correct.
Well expensive cameras do exist because they are indeed better. But in many cases they aren’t necessarily better in ways that a beginner can appreciate. It’s better to understand what is limiting your photography and how the better gear can work towards covering that gap rather than simply buying a better cameras for its own sake. For most people however, even an entry level DSLR should have sufficient capability ( although I will advocate for getting quality lenses that will fulfill your needs)
The Canon eos 1300d was given to me as a gift, and i probably can’t afford a better camera till i can somehow earn money with photography
But i am saving for a 55-250mm lens, so i can zoom into stuff
I’d suggest thinking about the type of photo you want to take. Be pretty specific. Something like “I’d like to get some good action photos of a high school football game in action.” Then google that. You’ll find good in depth articles on getting that specific type of shot. Then practice those things. You’ll find stuff like this: https://www.adorama.com/alc/30-football-photography-tips-for-the-win/