5 Great Unexpected Ways To Take Your Photography To The Next Level
The best way to increase your skill level in photography is to continue to learn it every day. Never assume you know everything and challenge yourself to look at the medium in new ways. I’ve been shooting since 1980 and today I get hired to do professional shoots regularly, but I still continually seek out new techniques and new ways of thinking about the medium. It keeps it all fresh and interesting to me and gets me out of my comfort zone.
My favorite photography advice is the kind that runs counter to the normal way people suggest doing things. Here’s a short list of techniques you might try that they won’t tell you about in the manual…
Ditch Your Auto Focus
Out on the street, things are moving fast and you have to be ready to get that moment quickly. To make it even harder, you not only have to get the action at exactly the right time, you have to compose. In that split second, you’re better off focusing in manual. Why? Because you can set it and largely forget it, whereas auto focus is an attention hog, constantly needling you to deal with it. This takes a teeny bit of attention off of composition and that can make all the difference in a shot. Also, auto focus just isn’t all-powerful.
