subject: Photography Tips and Tricks for Beginners [print this page] If this is your first time doing photography, you might want to stick with a decent camera. No need to get an expensive one right away. You need constant practice so get your hands on less expensive ones. By educating yourself along the way you will know what camera to buy next, it's better than buying a random overpriced camera right?
Tripods are really useful especially if you have shaky hands. To achieve better stability, place the camera on timer function if it is hooked to a tripod. Practice makes perfect so bring your camera with you all the time. If, by any chance, you stumbled upon nice scenery and you do not have your camera with you, you can always write it down so you can come back later to take the shot.
Even if it's just a normal thing don't ignore it. If you look at things in a different perspective, you'll find that nothing is simple. A simple image of the cars, birds, computers, roads, benches, trees, or even your phone can be captured as a beautiful image. When you think like a photographer, you will never run out of things to capture. Beginners may want to start from here because they need to get used to seeing the world in a photographers point of view. Remember, anything can be used as an inspiration.
Even if your camera is not expensive, it can still do a lot of things. Try exploring the functions of your camera and familiarize the functions it offers. To experience firsthand what these functions can do, choose a scenery and shoot it using the many functions of your camera as you like. These will give you on an idea on what the effect of that certain function is.
Aside from practicing shooting with the camera, you could also try software that improves the picture more and has editing capabilities such as enhancing and changing the colors in the picture. An expert on these types of programs can really make a picture standout.
These are just a few ways on how to get started with photography. Do not forget that constant practice is the key to improve your skills with the camera.
