Mistakes to Avoid as a Beginner Photographer

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In this video I talk about the common mistakes I made as a beginner in my photography career, and how you can avoid them. By following these key steps, you’ll be able to drastically improve your photos before you ever bring them in to photoshop. And getting better images means happier photography clients!

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40 Comments
  1. Bethany Kay Design Studio says

    I KNOW I said I'd only give you 3 Tips, and then I gave you 4! The audacity!! LOL. Consider it a bonus tip! And that with 3+ Million views, who's going to upload a new video for a typo? Not me 🙂

  2. Dygo- Music and Entertaining says

    awesome and great video, like your honest tips

  3. Geraldine Domingo says

    When you say shoot in RAW do you mean the image format on the camera?

  4. michelguerra100 says

    I have to find victims who want to pose, they are always in a hurry

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  6. Emily says

    how do you get to raw format

  7. Rekha Patel says

    wow i sub to you

  8. Bailey Kennedy says

    I have a few questions. Is there anyway that I could contact you.. Maybe email?

  9. Aida Giusti says

    This ese very helpful I'm new on this but how I shoot on raw ? My camera is a canon powershot SX530 not sure if there is a set up for raw shooting . I appreciate your help

  10. Mike Taylor says

    I'm surprised that nobody suggested using a tripod. A stable platform is important unless you are using a good lens with vibration control of some sort.

  11. Togrul Mestelızade says

    I am sorry but your resent photos are terrible too. You are just so cliche.

  12. Ascertain says

    Which format will be best for video photography in India, in Canon 70D, #Ascertain

  13. Ascertain says

    Madam, I have #Canon70D, I am new to Photography, I have confusion about image format, this video has clarified about the necessity, importance of RAW formats, I was keeping JPEG format to use less memory, Nice video, liked and subscribed also, #Ascertain

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  15. Mr. Teen Executive says

    Great Video 💙 https://youtu.be/ZtvpnIjEEZA

  16. Juan Puentes says

    lmao this is so 2012 looks like 2005 typeshit

  17. Eva Rasmussen says

    I have an old 500D and in most situations, it's still going strong. But I must admit that it doesn't do a good job shooting mutiple *.RAW shots! It simply writes to the card to slowly. What canon camara could I upgrade to? Suggestions?

  18. Wolf Reviewing says

    Yet I can do this with my iPhone camera and photoshop ???

    Only difference to camera is the optical zoom other than that I can do all of the pro crap on photoshop lol

    Wish there was a good optical zoom phone lens like 80x lol

  19. Prince Arthur Louis Pagan says

    Excellent presentation! Great work!

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  21. Jer Lewis says

    A trick I learned from my father who was a news photographer, and owned a commercial studio was to talk to the subject. Get a conversation going and keep it up. He would be shooting ads and the client wanted smiling faces, so he would tell jokes as he shot. That way he got people laughing, not just smiling. Big difference.

  22. AKSHAY RAIO says

    thank uuu

  23. ShadMusic says

    What editing software is she using, for the RAW photos?

  24. Marcus Mravik says

    Lol I honestly don't understand why someone would be afraid of RAW… When I heard about it my eyes got big and I went "YOU CAN DO WHAT?!" And I have N E V E R gone back!

  25. Tiberiu Nicolae says

    if you don't know how shooting RAW works you have no business shooting weddings.

  26. photoliv42 says

    Thank you for your video, nicely done! Although much of your information may be applied to photography in general, please state in your title that this video is particular to portrait photography.

  27. Nour Zewer says

    Should i put it in NEF (RAW) + JPEG normal ? or just NEF (RAW ) ?
    And when I put it in NEF , the picture has a larger size , and therefore can’t be uploaded on instagram or facebook or anything , it’s just useless. Please tell me how to overcome this

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  30. Phi Vo says

    My photoshop 5.1 cannot open raw file. What should I do ? (Dont tell me buy a new PS 😂)

  31. Aamer Q says

    Important facts are mentioned here. Once you master photography you can get paid to take photos! https://bit.ly/2qgBRs5

  32. Kaylin: Extra Deluxe says

    need some help! really want to switch over from jpg format to raw, but I dont know how to change it in my settings. i’ve looked everywhere on how to do it but haven’t found anything. & i get scared i’ll screw up all the default custom settings

  33. Travel with Shama says

    yes, shooting in raw opens up a lot of possibility

  34. Johnvher Dela Cruz says

    I find this usefull as a beginner. Subbed!

  35. happinesss2 says

    you have such a nice speaking voice! thanks for the tip, esp with the raw one

  36. John Doe says

    The problem with RAW format is that absolutely NOTHING uses it – I can't seem to find software that will work with it other than GIMP, and most people aren't going to have access to GIMP because it runs on linux.

  37. Danielle Smith says

    Reminds me of the quote about how it takes 10,000 before you find your technique. One thing that was helpful over time was http://bit.ly/2DoXKdm and found it VERY helpful in skill building.

  38. Laura R says

    I’m new to cámaras and photography. You are good and thanks for the lessons. I’m going to remember start “Raw” 👍🏻💡😀

  39. Amanda Indigo says

    lol, I truly enjoyed the 3 tips, but gave us 4. that shows incentive!

  40. farzaneh t says

    plz answer wat camera should i buy ?

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