Become a Photographer

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    -Put the camera away.
    Go out and analyze how light works, forget about strobe lights and fancy stuff like that, study crowds walking, trees moving with the wind and try to find out how shadows move around as the sun hits them, find put what time of the day is the best time to shoot out side based on how you like the shadows and the intensity of the light, if you don't know how natural light works you're fucked. Try to go around this dynamic until you have an epiphany. (you will know)

    -Shoot film.
    If you have the money, the time and patience to learn photography the right way, please shoot film. Digital cameras nowadays are awesome but if you really want to understand what photography is you have to burn film, study the chemistry of fotography and at least learn why silver nitrate reacts to light that way... Test various films (kodak portra 400 nc is my personal fave) and find out wich one you like better, stick to that as much as you can.

    -Light Meter.
    Buy one, sekonic and minolta make the best ones, learn how to use it and use it always, you will get good at reading the light, combine this knowledge with the right film and camera and you will be on your way, those little digital camera screens make everything look good, but in reality is not.

    -Shoot a LOT.
    That is self explanatory.

    DO this and at least you will understand how retarded is having great equipment and just having it sitting around, you might not be good, but at least you will be decent, oh! talent is required too.

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