LocalNavy433 Photography

Hello how the hell are you?  If this is your first time here thanks for stopping by.  In this blog we are going to go over three tips for taking professional level photographs.  This is so hard because you will read on other blogs and websites that there is ten tips for getting this done as a beginner. I have narrowed it down to three tips that will help you get there faster.  The short answer is you need to start with a good lens.  Then you need to learn what the rules of photography are so you can get the basics of photography down.  The last thing that you are going to need is learn the settings that help with making an impact on your photos.  Now that we have the short answers out of the way lets dive in and see how they each help you.  

The first tip is get a better lens than the kit lens that came with your camera.  The fact is the kit lens is a great lens and learning how to use it with focus stacking and finding out where the sharpest fstop is at. These two things take time on learning how to process the photos to get the most out of them with the focus stacking.  Learning that technique will totally help you get better images that are professional looking as well because everything is sharp throughout the image.  Learning which fstop is the best for the kit lens will also help you with getting everything expectedly sharp throughout the image.  This saves time and is much easier to learn.  Take the lens do some test shots to see where that spot is at.  

Now after you have learned all that you need from the kit lens and your images are already looking good then you get that good lens.  At this point you are not just going to go off what others say is a good lens.  You have to research which one is going to work the best for you within your budget.  Once you have the lens then you take all that you learned with the kit lens and your images are going to level up because the lens is so much better than the kit lens.  

Now that you have learned how to get the most out of your lens you need to start looking at building your composition skills which will help draw the viewer in. This is where the rules of photography come into play.  Like leading lines and how to use them to draw the viewer to the subject of the photo.  Then you have getting a clear subject in every image. Where to place the subject for the most impact that you will get in your images.  The rule of thirds which will give you the most out os placing the subjects and foreground elements in your photos.  Then you have juxtaposition which means that you have three subjects in the photo and placing them across from each other leading the viewer through the photo.  

These rules are so hard to remember when standing out there on location so I tend to pick the rules out in order or in an order that matters to you. I use the leading lines in my images a lot because it is stupid simple for creating a good photo.  The whole reason for the rules is to guide you into learning about getting the best images from how you accomplish photography.  The rules are nothing more or less than bullet points for you to hit while getting the photos.  You just need to learn how to balance them out to get the most out of the rules.  

The last thing that we are going to talk about is settings. Yes they are last in the way that teach these three tips. The reason for this is because you can totally test and learn how to get the most out of your lens without knowing the settings.  You can also learn the rules of composition without actually knowing the settings.  The rules are meant to give you an idea where to start.  The setting bring all the above together to get the best images that you could ever want.  The thing about the setting is they are different for every image that you will take and learning the settings on how someone took a photo just gives you a starting point it will not give you the same image.  

As a bonus tip I am going to let you in on something that the camera industry doesn’t want you to know.  Shooting with pro level gear makes a huge difference but you don’t need to break the bank in order to get the pro level gear. If you buy used then you can get the lens that is going to make a huge difference at a cheaper price.  That pro level body if you buy one that is ten years old then you will get the most bang for your buck.  I hope that you enjoyed these tips and learned something.  Enjoy from St Johns AZ y’all