Learning Photography

Photography Lessons

Photography Success Without School
Executive summary by Tom Ray

People don’t buy the award winning prints that you see wearing many of the ribbons at professional photography conventions.

Happy people whose faces you can readily see are the most salable prints.

The quality of light people prefer for portraits is soft light, whether it be from an artificial source like a flash umbrella or a natural source from the sky at sunset, but other than a soft quality of light they want enough of it to SEE the face of the person you’re photographing, even if it is a flat almost straight on technique.

You may not win any competitions or awards this way, but if you get plenty of light on the faces you’ll create salable prints.

The customer pays for well lit faces, not perfect modeling. Element number Two: Body Positioning.

Hands. Never position hands straight on with open fingers.

I have people come to me who went to the contract photographer for their High School Senior yearbook portrait and disliked their picture. A woman alone tilts her head just slightly in either direction to make a more stunning portrait. Element number Three: Salable Composition

Tip heads inward toward one another for unity when photographing a family group.

Importance of Joining a Photography/Camera Club
Executive summary by Anton Sheker

The reason I chose this as a topic, was I always see people that are eager to learn photography but don’t have the venue to learn photography.

1. Improve your photography.

Joining your a club will surely improve your photography. Seeing how others shoot
and studying their different shooting styles give you an insight to their
photography.

2. Meet new friends that share the same passion.

3. Increase your confidence.

Showing of your photos and learning from each contest will give you the confidence
to be able to present your style and photographic work to others.

4. Explore the world together.

5. Humility.

In a club you will learn humility. The Photographers eye is what
counts.

6. Learn for Free

7. Stock Photos

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