Common Photography Mistakes

Mistakes are a part of life. They help us grow and improve. Learning those mistakes ahead of time and seeing how to avoid or improve this can be a helpful asset. You love photography, but are you aware that there are some major photography mistakes that commonly occur for new photographers, also with more experienced. But many of these mistakes are easily corrected or can be avoided with a bit of know how. That's why Shaw Academy’s Photography course is created.

Here is a list of the top 7 photography mistakes. Plus, tips on how you can avoid or correct them...

1. Not taking enough photos

In digital photography world, taking images is free. It’s better to have too many photos of a specific subject than not enough. Once you take the shots you want, try for more different angles, try different settings. You’ll have a lot more options to choose from when editing your images. So, always try to take as many pictures as you can.

2. Blurry Pictures

One of the major complaints from the photographers is that the picture they have taken have come out blurry. This is just because there isn’t enough light for sensor, so the camera fails to take a sharp image. There are many ways to solve this issue including using a tripod or a monopod, choosing a higher ISO setting for faster shutter speeds or using flash to capture any movement.

3. Red Eye

Red-eye is the main and biggest problem photographers face while doing photography. There are various methods to fix the red-eye problem. You can correct this, with a camera having an adjustable flash, move the flash so it is not directly facing the person. Most of the cameras have a red-eye reduction setting, use those to avoid Red Eye. Also, adding more light in a room can also be an advantage to remove red eye.

4. Low Resolution

Most of the people want to click and store high number of photographs, for which they use low resolution option. Shooting at a low resolution may let you to save more pictures on your memory card, but it is not a good idea. Using a low resolution option results in low image quality, and you won’t be able to print big photographs. Instead, buy extra memory cards and click the photos with high resolution and avoid low quality files.

5. Poor Lighting

One of the most important and unique features of photography is light. The direction, quality, and quantity of light all play an important role in how images are going to turn out. When there’s less light in a scene, you have 2 choices, create extra light, or alter the camera settings according to the light available. There are various options you can use if you want to improve the low light photography like Get a Fast Lens, reduce the Shutter Speed, bump up the ISO or use Flash effectively. Then see the magic and the results you achieved.

6. Using Zoom to get closer

In photography, we frequently zoom with the lens instead moving our feet. Zooming and moving in closer achieve two different things. While a zoom lens is good to have, but when you zoom in with the lens, then you are not just getting the subject near to the camera; you are also making the background actually closer in the photo. Also, this can make a space look smaller or crowded than it is. Instead, move to take the best picture. It also helps us look for more interesting viewpoints to shoot from since we are physically moving around the subject. Also, we will be able to capture the wide scenery.

7. Know how to use your device properly

Buying the equipment is easy, but one should know how to use it, what are the features available? If you don’t know the all features of your device, your pictures will not come out perfect. Ensure you know how to use your specific device so you don’t miss a prospect because you are changing settings. Just think—you are trying to take a photograph of a car race, but you can’t find out how to expose appropriately, so you miss the shot which will result in a blurry photo.

We hope you find these tips helpful! You can learn photography online by joining Shaw Academy’s online Photography program.

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