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photography tips for an enthusiastic beginner?

i’m new to photography, and what do you think i should work on? which image is the best, which is the worst? which are good, which aren’t so good?

Your pictures seem very good for a beginner, you have some interesting ideas.

The most important thing in order to learn is a combination of technical knowledge and good old practice, you need to get out and take photos as often as you can but at the same time try and apply techniques and get to know your camera inside out.

Reading up and looking at books and magazines helps a lot, you can even try to replicate photos you like at first by finding out the techniques used and trying to apply them yourself.

You should be trying to learn about composition and what makes an interesting photo because they are everywhere, you can spend all day indoors and there could be hundreds of potential photos to take, you just need to learn how to find them.

Also you should learn about lighting which is another important aspect which can make or break a photo, when to use the flash and when not to and the differences the position of the sun makes to natural lighting.

The sunset picture is very nice but some of the pictures have overexposed parts such as the dad one.

Remember to check your images on the screen because the human eye can capture a higher range of light than the camera so something that might look good to your eye might be too much for the camera to handle so you end up with overexposed parts that just go to plain white. Find out if your camera does histograms and look them up online, they can help you get a more evenly exposed picture.

As I said my advice is to read up online, in magazines and in books and then go out and try to apply some of the things you have learned, you need to be able to learn the relationship between the technicalities and how they impact on your shots.

Gradually the right methods for different situations will start to become something you think of automatically and you will get an eye for composition, automatically framing things up in the viewfinder in the most effective way.

Also it is most important to learn from your mistakes, join some forums where you can post your photos and allow people to give their thoughts and comments, advice from more experienced people is invaluable.

I hope something I said was useful, I’m no pro myself but I have found these things to be the most effective ways of learning.

Good luck!

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