photograph is not just a matter of pressing the shutter

A lot of times we complain about the photos look not good. However, have you ever thought that the main reason why you can't take good photos is that 80% of your fault lies in yourself, which may be due to lack of understanding or skills.

Don't just stay on the visual surface

To tell the truth, anyone can taoke a "good" photo, especially those scenic photos. Every day, countless people will stand in the same place and take the same photo, and then send it to their circle of friends to show off, "look, I took a good picture! Finished showing off? It's empty. No one will ever remember you taking a picture like that, and it's meaningless for your career.

Because this kind of photo can be copied by anyone in large quantities, it is not your exclusive.

The level of appearance is sometimes useless, can only bring you a good time, but it does not belong to you, and cannot be sustainable to bring you joy. Only connotation can explain a person's level. The same is true of photographs, where emotions and stories are the foundation of a photograph's success. Only a photo with a story can keep the audience engaged.

The first time is naturally the moment the shutter is pressed, exposure is your initial control authority; The second is in the later period, which is a part of creation. You can create your own works according to your own needs.

The third time is when editing and sorting, sometimes a photo is not enough to explain a theme, and a whole set of photos are needed to assist, which requires the photographer to select the photos with the same theme to express in the form of series pictures.

The fourth is to print, a picture of good or bad, in fact, on the monitor is not good, only print out to know the real good and bad.

Pay attention to the details behind it

A lot of people like super big aperture drop everything hazy only one piece of clear face is good. But in many cases, the background is more important in portrait photography.

The background can be used as a story frame to add to the portrait photography, to serve the mood of the story in portrait photography. And a good background can serve as a guide to highlight your subject more. According to the theme, choose the right background, can make the subject clearer.

Luck is very important at any time, but luck is not to be touched

Not only photography, in everything, luck has a large degree. But sometimes luck comes along and you don't have the ability to catch it. That's your problem. Imagine if bresson wasn't ready to pull out his camera and snap a quick shot of the man jumping over the water. Even if the person jumps back and forth dozens of times, it will not produce a classic picture.

Luck is always reserved for those who are prepared. The so-called decisive moment is not just the shooting of the moment of luck, but the patient waiting, waiting for the right person in the right place.

Try to change, though it may be difficult at first

We all swell, especially when we become strong in some way. The natural consequence of inflation is to be arrogant. Although you are still very good, you can never do the best, because you will encounter a bottleneck. Inflation brings you extreme self-esteem and confidence, which makes you have no strength to break through the bottleneck.

Try a change, though you may not get used to it at first. If you shoot a lot of color, try black and white. If you shoot a lot of digital, try film. If you shoot a lot of portraits, try street photography.

Revisit your photos

The same scene, the same person, in the eyes of different photographers, may see two different images. The difference lies in their different understanding of images, which comes from their different aesthetic and practical abilities.

Maybe you have taken so many years of photos, and accumulated tens of thousands of photos, there is always the past pearl and jade has not been discovered by you, with the growth of your age, the view of the world has changed, it is time to take out the past photos to re-examine, maybe you can really find a lot of treasure. On the other hand, you can delete duplicate photos, but don't delete photos that you think are "not so good." it's possible that you'll find them shining in a new light years from now.