7 things that make you a better photographer.

[Prathihaas]

http://www.alliknow.in/2014/04/7-thi...ou-better.html

[Black Pearl]

Oh dear God....

1.Use light room - Or any other good bit of processing software.....Colin, over to you dear boy.
2.Use 35mm lens - The 50mm thread was bad enough so not sure throwing another prime in the pot is going to go down well.
3.Use a simple watermark - errrr....Colin!
4.Practice focusing accurately - Really? That needs to be in the 7 things?
5.Click in RAW format - fair enough, so long as you understand why and what to do with them to make them better than an in camera jpeg.
6.Be creative - yep, don't have an issue with that.
7.Dont add too much of contrast to the pictures - weirdly specific, you could say the same for any process.

[Stagecoach]

Excellent article and I will certainly take note of all points when I take the camera out today. Just wait to see what I will now be able to post tomorrow

[John Morton]

1) Get a decent camera
2) Learn how to use it
3) Take photographs
4) Learn how to edit them
5) Do things with your photographs
6) Tell people about what you've done
7) Listen to what they say about your photographs

[Those of you who assume I was trying to make fun of the original poster – and I wasn't – apparently need to hear that this is advice I would give to myself at any point in my own life]

[Glenn NK]

http://www.alliknow.in/2014/04/7-thi...ou-better.html

"I am a dreamer and and idealist". I think you are - good luck with that.

I'm getting a bit tired of personal blogs telling me how to be better - get some experience before you post nonsense.

[Donald]

1. Practice
2. Practice
3. Practice
4. Practice
5. Practice
6. Constructively appraise and criticise
7. Practice

[Rita]

I'm in agreement with Donald's list. My favourite saying lately is practice, practice, practice

[RichardTaylor]

#1 the gear (and this includes lenses) you use to shoot with, and post process with, doesn't really matter, providing it meets you shooting needs.
#2 Know how to use your camera
#3 Understand light.
#4 Understand "moments"
#5 Develop an "eye" - you don't need a camera to do this.
#6 Practice and learn (including selective feedback on your results)
#7 Goto #6

[binsurf]

There is really only one step to good photography; Don't listen to anyone else, develop your own workflow and practice.

[Colin Southern]

There is really only one step to good photography; Don't listen to anyone else, develop your own workflow and practice.

Damn - I've written over 17,000 posts trying to help people ... and all for nothing if they follow your advice

[nimitzbenedicto]

http://www.alliknow.in/2014/04/7-thi...ou-better.html

Very interesting......

[AB26]

http://www.alliknow.in/2014/04/7-thi...ou-better.html

Lakshmi Mittal was also a dreamer!

[royphot]

I don't really care where he is, or what he uses to take pictures, I just object to him trying to tell me what to do. Most of his points may be of some help to his photography, in which case he should have used the word "me" in the subject line, and not "you".
The 7 points from Donald are much more useful, than anything in the article he quotes.
Roy

Mods Edit - Post referred to in first part of first sentence above, removed

[flashback]

Overall not a very lovely way to welcome a new member.
And really, "third world", what does that have to do with anything? Should we being comparing various other parts of the world to our own and make (superior) judgements based on that? And if we're going to pounce on someone who presents (simplified) ideas for a different audience, should we also now start commenting on some people's inability to write well?
Why not just tell the guy to leave?
Actually I'm a bit embarrassed about it all.

Mods Edit - Post referred in this message has been removed.

[DanK]

Prathihaas,

If you are still reading this thread, you are probably upset. You a very negative response. Let me explain.

You should read some of the postings on a site before you jump in and give advice. If you do that, you will see that many of the people who use this site are very experienced photographers, many of them with decades of experience. For example, you will find very detailed discussions of the software you recommended, Lightroom, as well as similar discussions of many other general editing programs, such as the Gimp, Photoshop, and Paint Shop Pro, and specialized software such as Photomatix, Zerene, and Helicon. Based on your post, I don't think you have anywhere nearly that much experience. So, telling people who know much more what they should do is not a good way to start.

Also, you would find that people here are not sympathetic to simplistic overgeneralizations about what people should do, for example, that they shouldn't use zoom lenses or that they must use a 35mm prime. (I have been shooting with SLRs since long before you were born--1968, to be precise--and I have never once owned a 35 mm prime. In fact, zooms have become so good that other than macro lenses, I now use only zooms.)

This is the most helpful photo forum I know, and you should feel free to hang around, post things, and learn from others. You'll find that people here are mostly very open about what they know and what they don't.

Dan