Since Instagram has become the most popular social network of all, many people have approached photography and the demand for a tutorial on how to take beautiful photos. Taking a photo has become a race for who takes the best shot and on Instagram (and on other social networks too), everyone wants to become famous and be remembered for the photos they take.
If you are here too and are reading this tutorial, I imagine that the topic is of interest to you and that you have been looking for advice on how to take great photos. Well, if this is indeed the case, know that I can help you and that is exactly what I will do in the course of this guide.
Sit comfortably and take a few minutes of free time to carefully read the advice I am about to give you. Obviously there is no official manual for taking beautiful photos, but instead there are several tips that I am sure you will find very useful, especially if you are new to the world of photography. Are you ready to get started? Yup? Very well! I wish you a good read.
Index:
- Choose the right SLR
- Bet everything on your smartphone
- Study photography techniques
- Take lots of photos
- Edit photos with the right tools
Choose the right SLR
If you want to take beautiful photos you must first start from the basics and use the essential tools of a good photographer. In this regard, my first suggestion is to consider buying a professional camera such as one reflex.
This is a very important consideration to make: these cameras are bought by professionals and are widely used since they are devices that allow you to take pictures in very high quality. However, you must also know that the Reflex camera is a tool with vast potential and you need to know how to make the most of it. Furthermore, any photographer will tell you that one SLR alone is not enough: the purchase must be integrated and it is also necessary to buy several target.
Clearly the cost of a reflex camera is quite high, but it is an investment to make if you want to focus on a career as a photographer. Fortunately, there are different types of Reflex cameras: you can choose the one with a price range closest to your needs.
If your purpose is therefore to take beautiful photos and you want to invest time and money to buy a SLR, then I suggest you read some guides I have written about this topic.
To learn more, I refer you to my buying guide dedicated to what are the best Reflex cameras and to the guide relating to the purchase of lenses. I suggest you also read my article dedicated to the best Canon DSLRs.
Bet everything on your smartphone
Do you have a passion for photography and want to give the best of yourself, amazing all your friends by taking beautiful photos? I guess this is the case if you are reading this tutorial.
Let's say, however, that, at the moment, you do not have the economic availability that allows you to invest in the purchase of a DSLR, lenses or a professional camera. However, you don't want to give up on your intent to improve the quality of the photos you take and are looking for an alternative solution. Well if this is actually the case, know that it is not a problem is that I can still give you several tips about it.
In fact, you must know that the photographic sector of smartphone has undergone a growing evolution in recent years; There are now several mobile devices capable of taking professional photos with high quality.
Ultimately, to take beautiful photos it is therefore no longer mandatory to have a reflex camera but it is also possible to take excellent photos using the camera of your Android or iOS mobile device.
In this regard, if you need to buy a new smartphone and if you want to use it as a camera, I suggest you focus on a top-of-the-range smartphone, that is a mobile device recently released on the market whose hardware features are advanced such as to have an excellent sector. photographic.
That said, I absolutely recommend that you delve into this vast topic: in my guide entitled Best smartphone camera you will find a complete overview of what are the latest mobile devices equipped with a high-end camera.
Study photography techniques
If your goal is to take beautiful photos then you will also need to realize that it will be necessary study photography techniques for some time before being able to apply them all correctly.
It is obvious that you do not become a professional photographer in one day, the profession of the photographer requires a long training course. I therefore advise you to inquire about the possibility of taking photography lessons in the city where you live or to follow online training courses and to study photographic techniques through manuals available on the Web. Alternatively, you can choose to buy books on topic and learn this self-taught craft.
Without going into the merits of photographic techniques, since it is a very broad topic that requires specific technical skills, you can however apply some basic rules to the photos you take and thus begin your journey in the field of photography.
The most famous example of a basic rule that is taught in photography courses is called the "rule of tertthe". Applying this rule is very simple since no skills are required: all you have to do is imagine the final result of the photo, before it has been taken.
With this idea in mind you will have to consider dividing the photo according to an imaginary grid and thus obtaining three horizontal sections and three vertical sections. Then, to apply the rule of thirds, you will have to take the photo off-centering the subject and thus emphasizing the side elements of the photo as well.
As for other useful tips that will allow you to take beautiful photos, it is very important to talk about using the zoom. Unless you have an advanced camera, equipped with a very effective zoom, using it could lead you to take a photo with better quality. It is therefore recommended to get as close to the subject (object) as possible before taking the picture.
A suggestion that is often given in photography manuals is to use the manual options of the camera or of your smartphone: all the most modern devices equipped with a high-level photographic compartment have options for manual shooting. By studying photography manuals you will learn which are the technical values to take into consideration before taking a photo.
A beautiful photo can also be an original photo in which space is given to creativity: you can for example take a cue from the lines present in nature to play with symmetry and take a photo in which different shapes are combined.
Photos taken from unusual angles are also very popular, as it is a different way of shooting an object or subject.
Take lots of photos
One tip I can give you, if you want to know how to take beautiful photos, is to take some time to experiment. When you have to take a photo I advise you not to be in a hurry and take the same photo from different angles.
I'm sure that if you talk to someone who has been a professional photographer for a long time, they will tell you that it is difficult (if not impossible) to take a good photo the first time around. Mind you: photographers are in fact used to take different versions of the same photo in order to compare them and see which version is the best.
Taking several photos, however, does not mean publishing them all: in my opinion it is better to publish only the best photos to emphasize quality rather than quantity.
Edit photos with the right tools
The secret to taking great photos isn't just using the right tools and cameras. Most professional photographers are also able to use advanced tools for retouching images in digital format. Sometimes, in fact, the beauty of a photo also lies in the ability to perform even an excellent one photographic retouching.
For this reason I can recommend you some tools of the Web, programs or even applications for mobile devices that deal with retouching the images taken. Clearly there are tools a payment high level but also excellent software available completely free.
In case you want to download a photo editing program on your Windows or Mac computer you can read my guide dedicated to the best photo editing programs to find the one that best suits your needs.
If you want to bet on a program entirely free and you do not want to evaluate the purchase of an advanced software then I suggest you read my tutorial in which I tell you about all the free programs to edit photos.
As I told you in the course of this tutorial, you can also use the camera of your Android or iOS mobile device to take beautiful photos. Consequently you can also use a photo retouching application by making the modification of the image taken in no time and in a few taps.
If you fall into this specific case then you will be pleased to know that there are many apps dedicated to photo retouching. There are in fact very famous apps such as for example Snapseed (Android / iOS), Aviary (Android / iOS) or VSCO (Android / iOS) that allow you to make advanced retouching of a photo completely free.
The ones I have listed are just some of the most popular apps in the Android Play Store or the iOS App Store: if you want more advice on which apps to use to take beautiful photos and how to retouch them using the latter, then I recommend you read one of the guides I wrote on this topic.
In particular, I point out the tutorial titled App to edit iPhone photos, App to edit photos for free and Best apps to edit photos.
How to take beautiful photos
