4 Tips to Becoming A Better Photographer

Posted on July 16, 2014 by ShutterBug

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25 Responses to 4 Tips to Becoming A Better Photographer

  1. Tom Coleman says:
    July 16, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    +Jared Polin *Fro Knows*

    #photography +Tammy Cook 

  2. DaemoniumCC says:
    July 16, 2014 at 2:04 pm

    Having your own huge picture on the wall..

  3. mentalmetal1 says:
    July 16, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    the howard stern of photography.

  4. John Haddndiggn says:
    July 16, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    1. I started with a Minolta Dynax and my first 36-picture memory-cards came
    in a green roll. I had several films with me so I wasn’t limited to 36
    pics, but in the beginning it was quite painful to literally pay for every
    miss and get the result days later. So I really don’t recommend to f*ck up
    36 situations until you realize that you screwed up something in the
    beginning. Use the ability to take a picture a zillion times with different
    settings and review the settings right on the spot. When you are at home at
    now that you saw a beautiful sunset and all you have left is dark night and
    a kind of orange-ish ball on a moon-like scene, you can’t see what went
    wrong and so you start reproducing the problems and errors people tried to
    avoid by having a digital camera in the first place.
    2. Total yes.
    3. He is right here, but isn’t this the same guy nagging on a portrait on
    which the focus wasn’t quite perfect?
    4. If you don’t crap, it feels better! Not after a week, I guess. The
    challenging thing about not cropping is something I can agree with. But I
    don’t get the rest. As all these hints are mostly for beginners, I don’t
    see why cropping could be bad. The average guy taking a Photo of an animal
    far away may just have bought a Canon entry-DSLR with a 18-55 and the
    55-250mm. If you can only take a picture of a bird if it is really small in
    your photo even at 250mm, you may be thankful that even the 8 MP of your
    2005 Model entry-level-DSLR are enough to crop half of the picture away and
    still being able to print the result in letter-format without visible loss
    of quality at a normal viewing distance. That’s not near 40 by 60, but you
    have a picture. And be aware that it’s either that or 1,500 $ for a
    100-400mm lens.
    If you happen to have such a lens in your pocket, of course you’d be stupid
    not to use it, but to crop a 135mm picture. Of couese, even if you can
    solve the situation by getting another composition it is fine to do so and
    it is a good idea to try that first. If you find yourself in a now (and
    crop later) or never situation, go for the cropping option, if you don’t
    need a 40 by 60 to use you reading glass with.

  5. joe schmoe says:
    July 16, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    1. BULLSHIT
    2. YES…. 100%
    3. not really….well ok…..maybe.
    4. yes.

    That F@CK!NG left window IS BLOWN OUT.
    Get a HAIR CUT.

    F^CK LIGHTROOM I DO NOT SHOOT RAW AND WILL NOT SHOOT RAW at this time.

  6. Sergiocrivelin says:
    July 16, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    What if my cam does’t have a viewfinder? :s

  7. Neil Franklin says:
    July 16, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    I suggest you buy a tub of salt whilst watching this guys videos as
    everything he says you should take with a huge pinch of it …… I mean
    really he does not crop ??? What utter rubbish everyone crops now with
    digital …and shoot loads that’s the whole point today and the reason
    Photoshop was invented and why film of course as died a death …Like hello
    its 2013 why would we go back in time ????? Oh and how annoying is the logo
    he feels he has to say like a retard on every video ?

  8. saul gonzalez says:
    July 16, 2014 at 5:13 pm

    No good yhis time jared, why would i limit myself to only 36 shoot,.no
    sence…

  9. syinthetic.ecstasy says:
    July 16, 2014 at 5:15 pm

    i want that shirt !

  10. Joaquin Mejia says:
    July 16, 2014 at 5:55 pm

    Jared. I love how natural you are in front of the camera, it gives me the
    impression that you love people and you’re a happy man. I have become a
    better photographer thanks to some of your videos. Thanks so much.

  11. Mary Grace S. Suares says:
    July 16, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    i was inspired by your tips! and bingo!!!! you’re right again! learn from
    OTHERS!!!

  12. Dale Walker says:
    July 16, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Only this self-absorbed, less than accomplished photographer, would hand a
    40×60 self portrait in his studio. Get over yourself Jared.

  13. Frl. Bischop says:
    July 16, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    the first thing I wanted to get rid of, it’s annoying how often you points
    to your site, in the first 30 seconds you say it three times and it is
    still extra displayed in the video and to the conclusion of the video again
    the same! I think we have understood it, where we can find you.
    Secondly,if I would make only 36 pictures at a job, then my client would
    kill me.
    as a last resort these 4 tips could be good, if not any good photographer
    one way or tried to fruition much of it.

  14. Sinem Pacaci says:
    July 16, 2014 at 7:17 pm

    Hi Jared I just want to say that I am new to youtube and I am saving money
    for a camera to start my own channel. All my ideas are there but I just
    need the right gear what camera would you suggest I buy? I mean as a
    beginner I am going to start with my iPhone 4s because I just want to start
    my channel all ready but in the mean while I want to research and save for
    a specific camera rather than just by chance I want to get a really good
    camera in the future.
    And FYI Don’t listen to any of the negative comments or take them seriously
    I think your advice is very logical and I will practice them with even my
    phone or future camera. 😀 Thank You 

  15. Josedavid Jacobo says:
    July 16, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    I really hate cropping. Some photographers that I know will do it
    habitually and at first I figured it was alright if they do it. However, i
    hated the feeling that the quality of photo is being lowered because of it.
    Now, I still crop (no less than 1/5 of the original though) but I’m
    thinking it’s time to stop. I really gotta get back to my basics.

  16. ted tedsen says:
    July 16, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    it souds that croping is illegal and a crime People do Crop i like it do i
    lose quallity in the Picture naah on my d800 shooting tiff i DONT

  17. John Crick says:
    July 16, 2014 at 8:30 pm

    The whole video, I’m busy looking at this picture he has of himself on the
    wall. Isn’t this place his apartment? Is it his studio? Both? What an
    enormous ego…

  18. VideoFrank says:
    July 16, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    I sometimes squeezed 38 pictures out of a roll of 36 ;-)

  19. ibuildbars says:
    July 16, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    You are way too full of yourself… gimme a break, ‘just look at the photo
    behind me’, in regards to cropping… How full of yourself can you be?

  20. Terjo Peltola says:
    July 16, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    it’s already cropped on aps-c camera, doh

  21. Edward Wynn says:
    July 16, 2014 at 11:26 pm

    Jared, you’re awesome. Once I’ve shot my pics in Raw, and done editing, if
    I save that same pic in Jpeg, does that ruin the pic and change it right
    back to a Jpeg? Hope that makes sense.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  22. Andy T says:
    July 16, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    I think many people have missed the point behind this, he is not saying
    that you can only take 36 pictures, he is saying that by limiting yourself,
    you will be a better photographer, because you have less chance to actually
    think about a composition or your camera settings, personally i feel that
    is a great challenge, its easy to take 200 pictures on a shoot and cherry
    pick the best ones. if you get better by trying only 36, you should be able
    to look at the majority of them and think they are good and usable.

    Also, in regards to cropping, it kinda makes sense, it’s something i have
    thought about a bit, but it’s basic, you crop a photo but blow it to the
    same size as it would be had you not cropped, it’s going to loos quality. I
    do think that sometimes if something unexpected or unwanted appears at the
    edge of a photo or there’s something not right about something that could
    be simply cropped out, then it could be a benefit.

    At the end of the day, no one has to take what anyone says as gospel,
    everyone has their own technique, some which work, some which don’t, if you
    don’t like what someone is saying, just don’t do it, instead of spending
    time whinging about it, there’s pro’s and con’s to everything, just because
    it’s not how you do it doesn’t make it incorrect. 

  23. thetechreviewers33 . says:
    July 17, 2014 at 12:05 am

    I actually try to forget the LCD.

    And what’s funny is that when i don’t look at my LCD!
    i get better shots… not always but a lot of times, simpely because i tend
    to think more about the framing

    And you’re completly right about, whatever camera you’re using, get out
    their and shoot

  24. Vittorio Fabregas says:
    July 17, 2014 at 12:15 am

    My thoughts on these tips:

    1) I used a film camera to better my photography and it just didn’t help
    me. I ended up taking multiple shots of the same photo but with different
    settings each shot to understand what exactly happens when you change
    things and angles. The only limit I put myself in is if i don’t see it
    being a nice picture I usually don’t take it. I understand your point but I
    personally think this is faster.

    2) SO MUCH YES!!!!

    3) I went from iPhone – Point and Shoot – Entry level DSLR – M43 and my
    next camera will be APS-C. You have no excuse to not take photos and you’ll
    learn with whatever you have.

    4) Out of the last 2000 pictures I have taken I have cropped probably 5 of
    them. Yes the Image Quality gets degraded.

  25. Totally check this out! says:
    July 17, 2014 at 12:44 am

    great idea! :)

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