meowmix wrote:
Hello everyone, I am new to photography and so far love it! I am a student and understand I am in the learning process... but still, I feel I am lacking what others seem to have intuitively. Can great photographers be made? I know I am wrong in thinking some people just have it(the skill of being able to take pleasing photographs), but I still have that inkling bit of fear that supposedly it is that way; and I do not have it. I just hope Mr. Henri Cartier-Bresson is correct when he said, "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst". I like to think my drive and passion will get me there and makeup for the skills I might be lacking now. This post is seeming a bit dark! I do love photography and I feel it is truly amazing to be able to capture what some people have. I just bought a D750 after renting one from my school for a month. I am just getting into long exposures and hope to make some really great night pictures, as well as, water scenes. I have a Lynda.com membership and have been watching videos about Lightroom and Photoshop, since I am using both in school. Any tips on what I should watch? I know how to do basic things in Lightroom(graduated filters, cropping, sharpening, lens correction, everything in basic tab, dealing with specific colors and masking specific things) and almost nothing in Photoshop. Thanks so much!
Maddy
Hello everyone, I am new to photography and so far... (
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Welcome to UHH, Maddy! I am also new to this forum and going through a new learning phase on the basics of photography. Practice as much as possible, read books and articles on the subjects you are interested to improve techniques. This is an excellent forum. An excellent source that I also use is YouTube and make sure to take notes and keep them handy to review frequently. 👍🏻👍🏻Lillian