A great photographer will spend 80% of their time planning, composing, exposing and lighting their shots and 20% of their time on post-production. An inexperienced photographer will dedicate 20% of their time on planning and composing their shot and 80% of their time trying to fix their mistakes. We discuss what to look out for and how to avoid these fails: lack of originality or creativity, poor understanding of light, uncomfortable models/awkward poses, ignore the hands, flogging a dead, horse, photo face, over-retouching, the yeah baby factor, styling, the 1%ers.
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Show Notes
Listener question from Emma Tyers
I’m in the process of lassoing friends into modeling for me to build my portfolio. This is Louise, she is a business consultant who was keen to update her branding photos and the brief was warm, relatable but also professional, and a range of photos that could be used from LinkedIn to Instagram. She also wanted a good amount of negative space so they could be used for a range of marketing materials as well. Would love some feedback before I take these to her.
Listen to our feedback in the episode.
Beginner and pro photo fails and how to prevent them
“You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.” ― Stella Adler
Avoid the old ‘I’ll fix it in post’ attitude.
A great photographer will spend 80% of their time planning, composing, exposing and lighting their shots and 20% of their time on post-production.
An inexperienced photographer will dedicate 20% of their time on planning and composing their shot and 80% of their time trying to fix their mistakes.
We discuss what to look out for and how to avoid these fails:
- Lack of originality or creativity
- Poor understanding of light
- Uncomfortable models/Awkward poses
- Ignore the hands
- Flogging a dead horse
- Photo Face
- Over retouching
- The yeah baby factor
- Styling
- The 1%ers
