Jumpstart your Photography in 30 Minutes
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Back to basics guide to improve your knowledge of and practice of photography.
Topics include camera and lens types, lighting, exposure, composition and image editing.
PLUS: Appendices include links to free eBooks and video training to help you Jump-Start your photography habit.
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Jumpstart your Photography in 30 Minutes - Ray Salisbury
DEDICATION
This e-book is dedicated to my cherished wife Lynette, who keeps the home fires burning while I chase the light. She is the reason I keep coming home from lonely mountain summits; from wild, windswept beaches and from lengthy road-trips with my camera.
The information contained in this guide is for educational purposes only, and is not to be sold. No part of this publication shall be reproduced, transmitted, or sold in whole, or in part in any form, without the prior written consent of the author. All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in this guide are the property of their respective owners. As a self-employed photographer, I rely on selling my photographs and any supporting educational material such as this e-Book.
I offer this free guide in good faith that you will not distribute this to anyone without my express permission.
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©2016 Ray Salisbury – Hot Pixels Photography, Nelson, New Zealand – All Rights Reserved – All images ©2016 Ray Salisbury
INTRODUCTION
Do you want your images to look more professional? Or at least, good enough to post on Facebook, or to illustrate an article? Maybe even win a photo competition? Would you like to impress your friends, or yourself? Feel good about your photography? Record your relationships or your travels.
If so, you’ll need to do something new; something different, to improve your photography and camera craft. Einstein is famous for his definition of insanity: ‘doing the same thing, over and over again, and expecting different results.’
Firstly, a definition of photography will help you to see the big picture. What is photography? Essentially, photography is an art form. The Greek words, photos and graphos literally mean ‘to paint with light’. So, if you take photos, then you are a