FACT: You can have the most expensive camera in the world but if you don’t know how to use it to its fullest potential, then nothing you do will matter. There are loads of ways to get better images without necessarily upgrading your camera to the very best there is. Instead, you can use that thing that you were born with: your brain.
To get you inspired, here are 25 quick ways to get inspired and improve your photography today.
Use The Crappiest Camera You Can Get Your Hands on to Focus More on Composition and Scenes
Try Something That You Don’t Allow Yourself To (Like Flashes, Crazy Filters, etc)
Try Composing by Color
Use a Flash and Stopped Down Lens to Get Sharper Images
Go to Galleries and Get Inspired By the Work of Others
Take a Specialized Photography Workshop
Get the Hell Out There and Shoot
Learn to Manually and Zone Focus
Shoot Film, That Way You’ll Need to Work With a Single ISO And Your Mind Will Adjust
Start to Hate Your Work, And Justify To Yourself Why Your Photos Are Good
Shoot From the Hip
Get Close to Your Subjects
Spend a Year Shooting With a Single Focal Length
Spend a Year Doing a 365 Project That You Won’t Break
Shoot Something Requiring a Tripod
Shoot Instant Film And Force Yourself To Carefully Gauge a Scene
Find a Scene, and Wait For Something Cool to Happen
Start Working With Different Angles
Learn to Work with Natural Light and Shadows
Find a Balance Between Bokeh and Sharpness
Learn to Work With Back Lighting
Develop an Eye for Knowing When to Overexpose and Underexpose
Realize That Every Photo Doesn’t Need to Be an HDR
Instead of Gawking at Images, Figure Out What Makes Them Good to Masses
Put the Camera Down Sometimes
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