078: What YOU Have Taught Me About Photography!

In this episode of the Beginner Photography Podcast, Indianapolis
Wedding Photographer Raymond Hatfield Talks about the value
leaned from working with beginner photographers. I share the joy
and excitement I get working with brides in my wedding
photography and the pleasure I get helping beginner photographers
learn and grow their skills and abilities.  Being a podcast
host to you photographers has been such a pleasure and has taught
me sooo much about my own self and photography! Today I want to
talk about what I have learned about you, the listener and about
photography in general! 1: You Don't Need "Good Gear" to Get
Great Photos If you are apart of the group you will see members
posting photos they have taken with their cell phones. If you can
capture Emotion, light, and composition, you can get a great
photo! With the ease of editing these days, it's so quick to
transform your photos to something incredible. Its great to see
you not being held back by your camera! 2: You have a hard time
differentiating conflicting statements When you see one
professional shooting in aperture priority mode and getting great
photos it is easy for you to assume that you don't need to learn
and master manual mode. That's not always the case. I guarantee
that a professional who shoots in aperture priority mode KNOWS
how to shoot in manual. They have just found a way to get a look
they are happy with using a different program mode.  3:
Beginners put a lot of unnecessary pressure on yourself to get a
good photo Beginners are willing to trash a great photo because
it's not technically perfect. The emotion is there, it's a
perfect moment but because you were not following the rule of
thirds then it gets trashed. This is not what photography is
about. Look back at old family photo albums, I promise you the
photos are technicly garbage but the emotion and memories make up
for it!  4: You are all better photographers than I was!
More people are taking photos than ever before. It is becoming
engrained in us because of digital photography in smart phones.
Because of this you already have a leg up when starting on your
journey. You are in a better spot starting photography now than
you would have been if you started shooting 10, 20, 30 years ago!
5: You are not doing enough to protect your photos  Keeping
your photos safe is arguably as important as taking the photo
itself. With us humans taking more and more photos every day than
ever before we need to have a plan in place to protect what we
have worked hard to create. I use Google Photos to back up my
phone photos and my Drobo to back up the photos on my computer
and the photos I take in my business  Thank you all so much
for everything you have taught me this year! You are the reason I
keep going. The reason I keep the podcast alive! 


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