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20 Quick Tips for Beginner Photographers

Posted by oneslidephotogaraphy On May - 26 - 2022

Quick Tips for Beginner Photographers

Here are 20 quick tips to get you started as a beginner photographer. Maybe you’ve known some of these, but hopefully you’ll learn something new.

1. To practice your panning skills, photograph objects moving at normal speeds (a person riding on a motorcycle, for instance). Use the shutter priority mode and set your shutter speed at a maximum of 1/30 second. The slower, the better.

2. For photographing macro (super close range), activate the Live View feature of your digital camera to ease the checking of depth of field and focus.

3. CPL (polarization) filters are very useful to eliminate reflection of sunlight on water and glass, and are also useful for improving sky color. Have you ever worn a pair sunglasses with a polarization filter layer? That’s about the gist of the effect. Read the rest of this entry »

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