The Quickest Ways to Take Better Pictures as a Beginner
Mastering any craft takes a lot of time, intentional practice, and dedication. However, getting out of the blocks quickly can put you further along that path, sooner. I bought my first DSLR off eBay and a nifty fifty to adorn the front. When it arrived, I plodded around my house and garden shooting wide open and swooning over the results. Once the honeymoon period had successfully passed, I was left desperately wanting better images than I was capable of. The same old tropes were rolled out about 10,000 hours and lifetimes of work, but what I wanted was to get out of the rookie stage as quickly as possible. I didn't expect to master the craft, I just wanted to get better faster. That's the magic of starting something new: there's initially no diminishing returns on improvements and you can make leaps and bounds if you get the right information and apply it in the correct way. With the internet attached to us all hours, the information yield of even the nichest of...