When you’re just starting out in photography there are so many things to learn it can be overwhelming. Here are two videos with some tips on common photography mistakes and how to avoid them.
Mistakes to avoid as a beginning photographer
This video by Serge Ramelli will give you 6 things to avoid doing as you start out in photography.
- Shooting during the daytime instead of sunset or sunrise.
- Not using an ND filter when shooting the ocean.
- Not using a tripod for night photography.
- Putting too many elements in your photo, not telling the story well.
- Shooting JPG instead of Raw.
- Not using Lightroom or its presets.
10 More beginner mistakes to avoid
If you’ve got those things covered, here are 10 more beginner mistakes to avoid including:
- Forgetting something at home.
- Not arriving early enough to the shooting location.
- Not scouting the location ahead of time.
- Shooting in the wrong lighting (see mistake #1 above from Serge!).
- Not moving around enough.
- Images that aren’t sharp (use a tripod, etc.)
- Going home too early. Stay later than you planned.
- Forgetting to set your camera back to zero (default settings, ISO, exposure compensation, etc.)
- Don’t worry so much about shooting in Manual mode.
- Not getting close enough to the subject, being too shy.
