View Full Version : How to take fantastic photos?


Mohammadp3
8th December 2006, 00:14
i wanna learn how to take fantastic photos and become pro in photography?
thanks a lot & waiting..:heart: .

johnnyd
11th December 2006, 09:18
being able to take fantastic photos does not require an expensive camera. you only have to know the basics of photography. from there, you can expand your knowledge to different fields like portraits, landscape, macro, etc. i would suggest you try find a basic photography course to better appreciate photography.

Mohammadp3
27th December 2006, 22:28
thanks for u opinion but we can have a basic course in this topic!just tell personal expriences...

angelebag
18th May 2007, 15:06
just be passion and always practising your sensitive skill or insting to catch the exclusive moment...or learn a lot about all science who can expalin or create the story telling moments that inside the picture. an exam ; Beside War Tragedy (people, hunger, hurt or else). maybe at your environment poor people or accident. hope usefull for All.

disco_stew
27th June 2007, 16:47
grab a couple of books and start reading, thats how I learned.

they tell you everything you need to know about composition, DOF, Shutter Speeds Apertures etc.

recommended if your serious about learning photography.

dilligaf
28th June 2007, 00:06
If you dont have an "eye" for a shot its going to be a long hard haul. There are lots of "rules" for photography but I always say the only limitation is your mind. Make sure you understand your subject, especially if its in motion.... ie sport/animals/ people in motion.

The only other thing i could advise you to do is go out and have fun taking pictures of every and anything Oh and make notes of what you done and what the results were....

oxxxyde
11th August 2007, 17:30
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell :)

They way I learned, and still learn is using a mechanical camera :) And I don't mean a semi-auto-mechanical like The Canon EOS series and others.
Find yourself a Zenit, Yashica or sth similar.
they should cost around 10-50$ so it's no big deal.
And start taking photos :)
If you learn to operate a Yashica FX-7 (my fav) which has no Auto-Focus/Image Stabilizer and stuff... you can take photos with anything.
I started of with a Canon Eos500, than switched to the Yashica (it's an artifact I guess - older than me) and now use a DigitalSLR Canon Eos 20D.

What IS important in photography and IS expensive is the optics... Ppl say stuff like:
"Oh a good photographer can take a good photo with any camera blah blah" -> CRAP

without proper optics you might even be the guru of photography and the only thing you can do is take blurred/dark shots.

So my tip for learning would be:
1. Get youself an OLD camera (buy it as cheap as possible)
2. It's enough if you READ it's MANUAL to learn everything about shutter-speed, depth of field, focusing manually, measuring light MANUALLY (that is the most ass-kicking part of learning)
3. Get used to making photos manually, learn to CREATE photos, knowing what effect you might expect with the settings you... well... set. The hard thing here is that you don't see the effects on-the-spot. But you might just as well learn how to develop you photos yourself.
4. Buy yourself a proper digital SLR camera. A highly recommend a Canon 20D/30D or higher if you can easily afford it. But if you have a few thousand spare dollars you'd better spend it on some kick-ass optics. If you tend to take sport photos you are gonna need a fast, bright tele lens. And a fisheye one. They can be pretty expensive. For portraits you can go with basically anything. Image stabilizer is a good thing here. The new canon lenses have it. for journalistic photography you need a lightweight, short, bright lens. A /50 without zoom will do. As long as it's bright of course.
5. Last tip: Put your heart and head into it! You can't take good photos when you just see something and aim at it and shoot. You have to approach it from different angles, try different optics prefferably. Shoot with different settings. For example: It once took me 2 hours to take a satisfying portrait of my girlfriend... And sometimes you just get one shot at sth and you get it perfectly.
6. Oh and really alst tip... Always have your camera with you, learn to operate it without taking your eyes of your "target". Especially that most cameras have the most important info displayed inside the viewer :)

phew, I hope it helped.
If you want some more of my rambling just ask another question :)

Mohammadp3
14th August 2007, 16:03
very Nice and Useful Bro!
Thanks a lot!