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Photography Basics for Beginner Photographers

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Starting with professional photography seems a little overwhelming sometimes. Taking your first DSLR and trying to understand it feels difficult, but trust me that is not a thing you should worry the most. The struggle for me was not to learn using the camera as a beginner photographer, it started later. My photographs never looked professional and I use to wonder why. And I found out that there are some basic technicalities that need to learn. So in this article, I am going to help you understand the basics of photography that every aspiring professional photographer should know.     Exposure Triangle   Exposer triangle has 2 words ‘Exposer’ and ‘Triangle.’ Exposer means how much light is reaching your camera sensor and the triangle shows us the 3 camera settings which we can use to control the amount of light reaching there. Only 2 of the 3 camera settings can control the actual light which are  Shutter Speed and Aperture. The third camera setting I ca...

Aperture through and through

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When it comes to Photography basics , Aperture is an important aspect you should consider. It is among the three main pillars of Photography. By three main pillars, I mean Shutter speed, ISO,  and Aperture. These three pillars are explained in the  Exposure triangle. As you develop as a photographer, you will want to have more control over your Camera. And you will start turning towards manual modes. And you will have to learn to control these three things in the exposure triangle simultaneously. Understanding Aperture You can think of Aperture as the pupil of your eye. As the pupil works as an opening and closing of your eyes depending upon the light, you can control the opening of your camera lens according to the lighting conditions. If you look properly into the lens you will see a type of adjustable hole. This is called the diaphragm. You can widen or narrow this hole according to the light coming in the lens and adjust your exposure. The catch here is that w...

Photography Composition techniques for better Photographs

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Composition of a photograph is basically deciding where to place your subject in it and what goes around the subject. While there are no rules to be creative, there are some guidelines to make some better looking photographs. The creativity comes from the artist not with the gears or tools he is using Even if you have the most expensive camera anyone can buy, your photograph will look like a snapshot if you don’t know how to compose it. Alternatively, if you are good at composing the photographs you took with a cheap smartphone will look stunning. In this tutorial, I will be showing you some composition techniques you can use to improve your photography skills.           1.      Fill the frame As the name suggests you have to fill the whole frame with your subject. This is the simplest technique of composition as we don’t need to worry about the position of different elements except for the subject. All the distractions can be avo...

8 tips to earn money as a photographer in Quarantine

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The coronavirus outbreak has caused a lot of trouble to many businesses out there, but weddings are among those who are affected the most due to this pandemic. Many photographers had to cancel the pre-booked projects, they are having a great difficulty to find any events to shoot. As the government is not allowing a lot of people to gather in one place, the photography studios are shut down. Now the question for the photographers out there is, how to earn while we are not allowed to go out? So I have come up with some ideas to earn while we are staying at home using our photography and editing skills.         1.    Sell Stock Photographs   As a photographer we all have some of our great photos stored in our devices or for sure we can create new content while we are home. Guess what, we can make money with these photos, by putting them out there on stock photography websites where people can buy copies of our photos. Here is some more informatio...