1, buy a lot of photographic equipment.
Before I became familiar with artistic photography,
You may need to buy professional equipment, which is very useful, but before buying equipment, challenge yourself with limited equipment, just use your camera, a lens and a simple background. These creative obstacles will enhance your imagination and encourage you to look for potential everywhere.
2. Don't try to take a selfie.
Even if you are not a selfie lover, you can still take beautiful artistic portraits for yourself. Good self-portrait photography skills will make your photography portfolio stand out. If you want to take a selfie successfully, you need to control every step of the shooting process, including lighting, posing and setting up a tripod. In order to feel more comfortable in front of the camera, you can practice in front of the mirror or deliberately take some stupid photos of yourself. This will make selfie photography look less intimidating and more like an interesting way to express yourself.
3. Always take photos as the center
One of the most common photographic mistakes is simple composition. If you often put your theme in the middle of your photos, your photos will look boring. The next time you take a photo, move your camera aside or try a different angle, which will help you focus on different parts of the subject and improve the way you look at your work. Another way to create a better composition is to shoot an immobile object and challenge yourself by shooting the same object from different angles.
4. Always pay attention to your camera settings.
Camera equipment is not the only thing that can help you define your style. Knowing what kind of atmosphere, mood and color you want to create is as important as being familiar with every button on the camera, which is especially important in artistic photography.
Take pictures at will
As a photographer, one of the best things you can do is to create emotions in your images. Without emotion, your photos will look cold and will not resonate with anyone who looks at them.
In order to make your photos more emotional, please try different types of lighting and composition. If you take pictures of people, please let your model play with facial expressions and gestures, or you can convert the photos into black and white photos to make them look more dramatic.
6. Automatic mode shooting
Automatic mode can teach you a lot about the camera and help you take attractive photos quickly. However, it is not always the ideal choice for artistic photography.
If you can't control some parts of the photo, you won't be able to create artistic photos that accurately reflect the vision. Manual mode allows you to control the amount of light entering the lens, the sharpness of the image and so on. Don't confuse auto mode with auto focus. Auto focus can make your photos easier, especially when taking selfies. However, please avoid using it when your work is full of distractions.
7. Keep shooting horizontally
Horizontal photos often have more atmosphere and environmental "space", just like the photos in the middle, which will become boring. If you want to improve the way you take photos, please try different formats, take vertical photos or use specific cropping techniques.
Many photographers use the square format to restrict themselves, and it is within these restrictions that they can find rich creative freedom.
8. Stick to one type of photography
Artistic photography is a diversified school composed of landscape photography, portrait photography and underwater photography. If you are already familiar with your favorite styles, please make sure not to focus on them all the time.
Although it is important to be a master of your favorite type of photography, please make sure you try other types of photography. If you are an enthusiastic landscape photographer, please try to take a selfie. These activities will strengthen your common sense of photography, and they will make you appreciate all unfamiliar types more.
9. Never use motion blur.
You may not want to try motion blur, which is usually related to lack of photography skills. There are many types of photography, such as long exposure photography and artistic photography, which stand out because of fuzzy technology.
Don't be afraid to use translation and motion blur technology, which will bring a dreamy and surreal appearance to your artistic photos.
10. Expect every photo to be perfect.
One of the biggest mistakes a beginner can make is to assume that my photos are always as good as I hope, which leads to many unnecessary setbacks.
Some experienced art photographers take advantage of their mistakes. If the photo looks blurred at the end, please use it in double exposure of art. Art photos don't have to be technically perfect to be beautiful.