Most Important things for photography

piccatcher

Hi,
What you all think are the essential requirements for photography? Like the most important is your love for photography. next I think your understanding of camera. And so on. Will you help me in making out the points so that newbies can get help and everyone can learn each others points..
Please give your views.

CabanSail

It's going to be different for each individual. To some it will be a job to others it may be a consuming obsession and the items of importance are going to vary accordingly.

Heebie

I'd say a passion for photography.. any kind of recording device that will encode photographs (usually a camera) That's all that's actually required. I would make a note that eyesight is probably quite useful in such an endeavour.

stcstc

light

oshead

Right now....? A Variable Neutral Density Filter.

Captain Flaps

A Camera

AnimalRights

I like the way I can see a picture in my head the minute I see one.

ThOnda

Willingness to learn and ability to forget your ego.

Photography is an act of creating a picture. And requires skills, knowledge and talent. And because you've decided to share your work, you will receive feedback, both wanted and unwanted. The most important is to realise that in most cases, the feedback is relevant only to the picture and is not meant against you as a person. (There could be some personal issues, but I am rather talking in general here.)

If you allow to hear the critique and feedback, you will progress much quicker. However you don't have to follow any of the advice or critique. Well, you should not follow all the advice and critique, to be more precise. Just try to sort the seeds from the garbage, thumbs, stars, medals, ribbons...

humberklog

A depth of wherewithall...after that then you're good to go.

sNarah

Heebie wrote: »

I'd say a passion for photography.. any kind of recording device that will encode photographs (usually a camera) That's all that's actually required. I would make a note that eyesight is probably quite useful in such an endeavour.

+1 on that first sentence: a willingness to go out there, a desire to capture what you want. Far more important then what make of camera and how much gear you have imho.

An outgoing personality is always helpful.


I enjoy taking photos as much as the next person. I plan to go out and photograph the same sunrise I photographed twice already, hoping the bad weather will add to the imagery somehow (it's a little expirement for myself, to see how the weather affects the image, I'm still learning).


I've been around Drogheda a hundred times. I'd love to photograph new things, like sporting events, fashion shows, gigs, etc. and although there are quite a few of them after happening recently in Drogheda, I was nowhere near them as I'd never just show up somewhere with a camera and a sense of entitlement to take photos, and i don't like to persecute people into letting me take photos of their event in a semi-official capacity (ie; with their explicit permission) so I am pretty much stuck with landscape photography or, should i buy a light tent and such, product photography (which are both lovely areas, but can be tiring when you want to try something new).


Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that if i did attend any of the above events, my photographs would be crap anyway, as I've no experience of such events (I photographed at a Christian Conference a few weeks back, which was my first indoor event photographing people. It was across three days, and the photos did, in my opinion, get better overtime as I figured out different things and was able to preview the photos from the first day on my PC and such) but I'd still like to get out there and learn and such.


So I'd say, whilst it's not the most important thing, a good thing to have, is an idea of what you think you'd like to photograph, and also an optimistic and personable attitude.

Borderfox

ThOnda wrote: »

Willingness to learn and ability to forget your ego.

Photography is an act of creating a picture. And requires skills, knowledge and talent. And because you've decided to share your work, you will receive feedback, both wanted and unwanted. The most important is to realise that in most cases, the feedback is relevant only to the picture and is not meant against you as a person. (There could be some personal issues, but I am rather talking in general here.)

If you allow to hear the critique and feedback, you will progress much quicker. However you don't have to follow any of the advice or critique. Well, you should not follow all the advice and critique, to be more precise. Just try to sort the seeds from the garbage, thumbs, stars, medals, ribbons...

A HUGE EGO!!

Carrigman

Time.


Regards,

John