Using the Fifth Steps to Better Photography, By Mark Duarte-Pedrosa

If you are looking for a simple and powerful five-step guide to creating better photographs, then this article might be the one for you. Specifically, we’ll discuss taking better pictures in low-light situations, the importance of composition, and developing your creativity through lighting and color.

By the time you have finished reading this article, you’ll know everything there is to know about photography cards and developing them so that you can take the best photos possible. So, let’s jump right into it.

Photography Lighting: The first and most important of the five steps to better photography is lighting. Lighting in photography involves knowing which settings and how much exposure your camera will need and how to use these settings effectively. This is also one of the most overlooked things many photographers forget. Lighting is one of the essential components of any photograph. It makes the difference between a photos that doesn’t do anything to one that is jaw-dropping.

Camera Angle: The fourth and fifth steps to better photography involve taking the appropriate camera angle shots. In photography, having an angle that showcases the image’s subject and the surrounding environment is critical. This section will cover 4-hour scene techniques, which are used primarily when you are taking landscape photographs. Other techniques include fish-eye, portrait, horizon, nautical, sun, sky, fireworks, and landscape.

Color field: Another important step to photography is color-field composition. Color field composition refers to arranging your subject so that they are correctly illuminated from all angles. In layman’s terms, color-field means the light that is cast off of an object. A good example of a color field would be the sky above you. Any object that contains blue, green, and orange can be used as a color field.

Five Simple Steps to Better Photography: The last but not least important of the five steps to better photos involves learning about light and exposure. In photography, light determines the appearance of an object, especially when it is captured through the lens of a camera. To take better photos, you should learn about the different lighting conditions you can use to your advantage. The first two steps to better photos also pertain to light: the proper exposure and the correct type of shutter speed. The fifth step in this guide pertains to digital photography: using the right digital camera.

There are many other techniques that you can employ with a digital camera, and the key to better photography is learning all of them. As mentioned previously, the five basic steps to photography comprise using focal points, subject, camera angle, color-field composition, and lighting. Other important things to keep in mind and the importance of a shutter speed that allows for consistent, clear pictures are also discussed in detail in the book Learning Photography – The ABC’s of Photography. Duarte-Pedrosa covers everything from choosing a camera to learning digital photography fundamentals, including special tips for beginners. The e-book contains over 300 pages of photography techniques and concepts, which virtually anyone easily applies.