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Using The Groove Book

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As always being behind the camera, it is great to capture your moments sometimes.  Who else can take a fabulous photo like you can?  Check out this wonderful article I found on the web:   Click here:  

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I found this interesting article about Wedding Photographers and all of their winy complaints about covering a wedding. The Wedding is ultimate gig for a new photographer, so when you get one, you tend to get "All Into Yourself".  I think that is a defense mechanism to let all the other amateur photographers  who is the boss dog.  I don't think that will be me. I want so bad to capture their loving moments that my head will be on making sure my camera is in optimal setting. I want people to want me to photograph them because they know I will capture who they are. I have seen some pretty horrible wedding shots that were clearly just shot to capture the posed moment.  It has to be better than that.  

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165 of the Best Photography Quotes 

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This is a great article I found on the web from a photographer that found a way to do what he loves and make a living from it.  Click Here for the article. 

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How to become a Photography Influence

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Best Canon Lenses - YouTube SR Lounge 

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Being a good photographer is more than just mastering your camera or owning the latest and most expensive camera gear—it’s about the inherent qualities that allow you to see beauty in the most unexpected places and capture that beauty in a photograph. So what makes a good photographer? It depends on what photography niche you’re in. Every niche demands different desirable qualities—pet photographers need to know how to properly interact and connect with animals; sports photographers need to be quick, strong, and agile to get the best shots; and so on. But, of course, some of these qualities will always overlap.

Here are five desirable qualities every good photographer should have:

 1. Creativity and Imagination

Photography, for all intents and purposes, is a form of art. Therefore, it requires a creative mind—and plenty of imagination. A good photographer must be able to look at something ordinary, or even extraordinary, and find a million different ways to interpret what he’s seeing and convey those interpretations in beautiful and meaningful photos. As you may have already heard, composition is everything in photography. Even if you aren’t concerned about the artistic side of your craft, composition is still key in producing good photographs. Sure, some basic composition rules can guide you, but at the end of the day, creativity and imagination are the best guides for stellar compositions.

2. An Eye for Detail

A good photographer must have a very keen eye for detail to ensure that all elements within the photo—the lighting, the composition, the subject, and everything else in between—work together harmoniously to convey the right vision or message. Key elements that make up a photograph:

• Lighting
• Composition
• Storytelling
• Emotion

Even the tiniest detail can make or break a photograph. So having an eye for detail, and being meticulous when scrutinizing every single element to ensure cohesiveness, is very important in producing the perfect photograph.

3. Patience and Flexibility

No matter how much you try to control every variable, things just won’t go your way at times. There will be days when the lighting won’t cooperate, when your models or clients will be exceptionally difficult, or when your camera just won’t give you the desired results. And of course, there will be times when you’ll have to take a billion photos just to get one perfect photo.

Whatever photography field you may be in, patience (lots of it) is always an essential quality to have. You need to be patient enough to wait for the perfect lighting. You need to be patient enough to deal with crying babies, hyperactive animals, and difficult clients. And most of all, you need to be patient enough to keep trying when you simply can’t get the right shot. In addition to patience, you also need to be flexible. The two qualities go hand in hand—you need to be patient enough to deal with whatever comes your way, and you need to be flexible enough to make the best of undesirable conditions.

4. Good People Skills

Being a professional photographer means working with people—whether it’s a client, a model, or even a fellow photographer. Thus, being a good photographer requires good people skills. You’ll also need to network to obtain clients and partnerships, so knowing how to connect and communicate effectively with others is imperative. When you’re photographing people, knowing how to take a good photo simply isn’t enough. You also have to know how to interact with your subjects to make them feel at ease, get them to cooperate, or draw out all the right emotions out of them.

5. Passion

What sets a good photographer apart from the rest? Passion. When you’re passionate about what you do, it will always shine through in your work. It takes a lot of time and effort to make it as a professional photographer, and the ones who do succeed and manage to make a name for themselves are those who are truly passionate about their craft. Passion makes the photographer—it will always make you work a little harder, push a little farther, and strive to be better than you were the day before.

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I recently purchased the Arsenal.  It is suppose to help me take better photographs.  Being a photographer can have it challenges, sometimes, you are placed in situations where you don't have time to find the best setting for your camera.  Arsenal is suppose to help you get there.  Here is the best comment I have seen on the product:  

PHOTOLANDO say:
"My god, Is this really what a "photographer" wants? Sorry, but you are no longer a photographer when you have so much automation going on, AI? Really" How about just using UR-I. Or "YOUR EYE". Don't use your camera as a computer. Use it as a machine that YOU manually control everything. YES! Figure out the best exposure. Best lens. Best shutter speed/aperture. THAT IS THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY!!!! This is just ridiculous. 
This is equal to a putting a brush in a robot's hand and letting it paint the painting while you sit back and relax."

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