You know exactly what it's like. You've been on holidays and seen some great sights and been to some wonderful places. You've filled up cards with all your photos. But you've got home to view your photos and they are always disappointing. They just didn't capture it and they look dull and lifeless.
You wanted to convey so many things in your photos. That special sunset. That light that just turned the view into something special. And that moment when you took that delightful smile on your girlfriends face. Except that when you view your photos none of those things are there.
I don't mean that you've made simple errors like putting your thumb over the lens or anything dumb like that, you're too good a photographer for that and you've got a great camera. And you've spent some time learning how to use it. You've expected now that your photos should look good.
But every time you look at your photos you're disappointed in the result and wonder why you aren't taking better photos. They just don't convey what you wanted them to convey.
Sometimes it may be just a little step from taking average, or poor, photos, to taking good photos. You don't need to spend years studying photography at College, you just need to learn some simple things that every professional photographer already knows.
Like how to go about composing a good photo. How to use the light to best advantage. How to take some good photos of people. How to take pets, and outdoors. How to use a tripod. How to use your flash properly.
There's no doubt that modern cameras are very good. They take good photos if you know how, but don't expect to just point and shoot and get a great result. It's still necessary to know how to drive one of those modern cameras to make best use of them. You need to know some photography basics. No camera will take great photos if you just point and shoot.
They would build the perfect point and shoot camera if they could, but to date you can't buy one. There's no way to take great photos without spending some time learning the basics of good photography.
It's not hard, you need to practice a little, but you enjoy photography so you'll enjoy practicing. You need to learn some of the secrets of the pros and apply them.
Then when you go on holidays next time you won't need to feel embarrassed about your average boring photos. You'll love showing them to your friends, they'll probably be asking you for tips on how to take good photos themselves.
And your girlfriend will be smiling, both in the photos, and when she sees them.
I've written a book about how to take better photos, you can get it on my website.
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Peter has written a book about How To Take Good Photos which you can get at his website http://positive-photography.com
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