Ep 104 Three simple ways to improve your photography

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What are three simple ways to improve your photography? If you could change only three things, what would they be?

We draw inspiration from the podcast community to discover that there are a handful (yes, three!) things that most people have done to take their photography to the next level. And you can even look at the before and after photos provided in the show notes to see the evidence for yourselves.

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Show notes

Listener question

Danielle Sheehan
Help! At a wedding, flash has stopped working! I have a pop up flash on camera that does work, and I’m using a 35mm prime lens. Now at the reception ((indoors) any hot tips

Diffuse pop up flash with tracing paper,baking paper or tissue
Crank up the ISO and shoot with available light
Shoot wide open

This show is inspired by the awesome images and feedback we received from #showusyourpics

Top 3 ways to improve images

  1. Shoot in manual mode
    Check out this previous episode
    Ep 20: Get off Auto Master manual mode in 30 minutes
  2. Get flash off camera
    Check out this previous episode:
    Ep 17: Get your gear off! How to use off-camera flash. Part 1: Speedlites
  3. Learn post production

#ginachallenge #myonething

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Above: Bottom pic: 4 years ago. Top pic: Shot now. Image by Sharon Ryan

keith macke photography before and after

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Family portrait by Bryan Turner
Image by Bryan Turner

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Image by Kerri Setch

 

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Image by Fran Solly
Image by Fran Solly

 

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Images by Andrew McNamara
Images by Andrew McNamara

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Image by Andrej Valko

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