The Wide Lens- Photography Stories

A few days ago I published an article with my tips and methods to improve your photography skills. I’ve published a link to this post on the DPreview discussion forums, and got some interesting feedback.

As a token of appreciation to the nice feedback I got on the forums, I’ve collected more tips that other users were kind enough to add, and here they are:

….just to add something…for those who really want to learn photography and then taking pictures…go take classes…photography is no different than other kind of art, specially painting…yuo have learn a lot to have you own language (style)…. – Carlos

Very good article! One little point that I find very useful, is to know your camera and so you can be quick! (like a gunfighter  ) – Tkpatrick

Here’s my addition to your list: When you see that beautiful scenic which just must be photographed, close one eye! Has it lost some magic??  Many times that beautiful scene loses something without the 3-d effect. Find a way to add a feeling of depth. Perhaps something prominent in the foreground; a different angle of view; a change of elevation. It’s a quick check that can lead to improved photos. – WD

This free online photo course run by a nikon ambassador also covers many of the basics.. and it’s very easy toi access. http://www.ttf.dk/English/Home.aspx – JensenE

A user names Spalbird really took an effort and wrote a response almost enough to be a post on its own, I’ll put the start of it here, and the rest you can read in the related forum thread:

Technical Beginner Level:

E.g. a beginner should try to achieve the same technical results as the best samples he saw from his camera/lens combination. Then he could go to the same public locations and try to get the same image at similar quality. Using lenses with different focal lengths, slow and fast lenses, using tripod, flash etc.

Artistical Beginner Level:

Try to take pictures with different camera formats (FF, APSC, P&S) and study the results. Try to make interesting captures of boring subjects and situations where you don’t have a sample image in mind. Study the 2/3rd rule, break all the rules etc. Improve pictures by postprocessing using different tools.

Many thanks for the DPreview community for all the responses!

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