How to Have Fun While Learning Photography Written by Elijah Fisher Photos by Shelly Bogard
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you are reading this magazine, I am sure you are interested in learning about photography. Here are a couple of steps you can take as you begin, in order to help move you forward and learn to your fullest capacity while having fun.
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phone’s camera and make your experience even better. Although you may not necessarily be working with ISO shutter speed and an aperture, you still have an exposure slider of some sort and the ability to zoom in and out, even if it is just a digital zoom. Knowing you have these abilities in your pocket are an extremely valu-
easier ways of gaining information about photography. Not only do you have people who give you information, they can also show you how to use the equipment that you have in the most effective way. This covers two bases: it helps you learn the basics and learn the equipment that you are dealing with or looking to purchase later. There is no harm in learning how a more advanced camera works compared to your phone, especially if it is one that you are thinking about purchasing in the future.
Once you know the basics and how to use your equipment the next thing you want to do is set a few learning goals. Setting a First, understanding the bagoal helps you to not only have sics, such as the exposure milestones to achieve but also triangle and the bato see how far you have sic functions of your come as you move particular camera or forward. Obviously, in phone app, will go a photography, a goal long way toward your would probably involve enjoyability during the taking pictures of some first couple of months. sort. It is a good idea I personally bought to keep these pictures a camera that was to look back at later. much more advanced One of the most comthan I was at that earmon types of goals ly stage. It worked out you can set is to see well; it is still the cama type of photograph era I use today, but for or photography style a number of years it and decide to try and was much more camtake some pictures in era than I could ever use. able asset to learning photog- that style. This does not just raphy. I feel that I would have mean in composition but also On the same note, you do not learned much differently if I had in editing. A lot that goes into need an amazing camera to grown up with a smartphone, a photograph is done after begin photography. You can rather than an actual camera. it is taken. Duplicate photos use your phone and the apps that can be edited numerous that it comes with. In addition Either way, with a full camera ways are a good way to learn to that, there are apps that you or a phone, you need to learn different parts of your editing can download and buy that the basics. Watching videos software. Other types of goals will add to the abilities of your is often one of the funner and would be to learn how to take
