Journey of Photography

Milo | learning photography | 16 years old | taking photos since '17 | pentax lover | film photography fan | black & white

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And that's why my friends don't talk with me.

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10 things you need to know as a beginer

Manual mode isn't everything - but almost.

P mode is your best friend, especially if you photograph movement.

Third rule or perfect symmetry - these look the best.

Sun tries to help you. Don't use flash if it's not necessary.

You don't need a tripod to be good. It only helps if you use high shutter speed.

ISO 100 is perfect most of the times. High ISO gives you grainy pictures.

A good photo doesn't need photoshop - but you can use if you want.

Don't edit too much. Stay away from the contrast and the vignette, you don't really need them.

Don't compare your photos with the professionals. Just practice.

Photography is art. Break the rules. Make something new.

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Real photography is when a picture of a nude woman is not porn.

- Random guy on the discussion page

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ART

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The magical third rule & How to use it

So what is this third rule thing?

If you know something about photography (read a few articles about it... like two or three) or looked at the professionals, you probably noticed that they don't usually put their object in the centre of the image. But why?

This has a simple story with a bit of science. I won't give you whole studies and a psychological explanation, you can search for it if you want (I'm pretty sure they exist somewhere)

So, here it comes. The big thing is that

it looks better.

What do I mean? There are certain patterns which looks better for the human eye. These things are the symmetry, (that Fibonacci thing), and the rule of thirds.

(photo stolen from the google, sorry guys)

Of course, if the symmetry is "stronger" (usually in case of buildings) we can use it too - and if it's not, we still can use, do what you want, photography is art. But have you ever seen a picture in which the object wasn't in the middle but very close to it? Was it annoying? For a lot of people it is, we have a weird logic: If it can't be perfect - don't even try.

So long story short, that's the logic of the golden rule in photography. I hope it was helpful.