There are a lot of different facets you have to learn and master when you are starting out as a photographer, and as such, things can go wrong due to a variety of reasons. If you are new to photography and looking to improve, check out this excellent video tutorial that details eight common mistakes beginner photographers make and how to fix them or avoid them entirely in the first place.
Coming to you from Micael Widell, this great video tutorial will show you eight common mistakes newer photographers make and what you can do to work through them. By far, the most common mistake I see new photographers make is over-editing their photos. Particularly with today's powerful software, it is easier than ever to quickly push a photo far past a reasonable level of editing. Try erring on the side of being conservative while you work on developing your eye. One simple way to counteract the tendency to over-edit is to step away from the computer for a minute or two when you are done working, then come back and evaluate your images one more time before exporting them. Often, when you take a look with fresh eyes, you will dial things back just a bit. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Widell.
judging by the latest youtube videos i'm only making mistakes whatever i shoot... 🙄
How interesting. I would have loved the photo of the mountain range to have been posted. Just a bit of a crop of the foreground. Looks like an oil painting.
17 min video what could have been written in seventeen lines of text.
Sorry Alex. Not going to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KmNrG9pE4
The term Pro in photography is over used, not all sell images! What is pointed out here is the trained eye. Also the educated software user. You have the tourist snapper and the one with an eye for composition. The eye has to be fine tuned, in the past (film days) National Geographic magazine and for portraits Playboy (yes very much about composition). Today with the WWW you have photos and explanation of how and when. I was in Best Buy camera area yesterday and a rep and someone else was trying to explain photography and camera functions to a buyer showing a lens explaining apertures wide and narrow and SS's. I had to stop them for a moment, for this was going to be a waste of money by the buyer, I butted in and said please just spend a month in YouTube watching videos of everything then go to many galleries on the web where photos are posted and a contest site where winning images are shown for different contest (I gave names of). Save money by learning first, then start the dreaming of similar images. The brain retains and focuses on the dreams you have seen. It takes time to perfect but when on a walkabout or drive in most anyplace something will catch the eye and you will stop and look around and get the composition. It is like someone using an ultra wide just to get everything in but no subject close! Using a versatile telephoto lens first vs a prime like the nifty 50 (the human eye vision) like the 24-240 (or 24-70) forgetting about super wide apertures'. Lastly learn about Software watch many different programs videos and play with your images to get an end image that meets the dream you saw. PS/Lr are not the gods gift anymore you have ON1 Photo RAW or Dxo or C1 and many more. Software is like a endless video game that you play with at high noon and stormy days or the nap time between golden/blue hours. Again lastly an image is a spot in time never try to get the same image you have seen for light, weather and nature not only change throughout the year but every year, you will only get similar but find your own special place for that only you wall hanger that no one has thought of! Sometimes you plan but other times it is just there in front of you while eating at restaurant during an anniversary dinner getting the ok from your loved one and matradee just in time while waiting for your meal and getting an image you donate and still hangs on the wall in the restaurant. A hobbyist gets JOY also and has more freedom making individual dreams no one thinks about but you have to be out there with camera/lens and light knowledge.