Photography Workshops + Blog

It's about plain as day that I'm new to photography. I have a few friends who excel in the area of photography and I have contacted them trying to unearth their secrets. Would you like to know the common thread? They all participated in live photography workshops. This can be either online or in person, but the most effective was in person during a designated time frame. Luckily for you, I've got some help just to give you a little edge if you're starting at the very bottom of photography and working your way up. Also, in this post is a link to a wonderful website that holds live and online workshops year round and writes some pretty helpful hints for you as a photographer/photojournalist.

In my personal experience, we as photographers couldn't have picked a better time to become so. We have endless access to research, video tutorials, and blogs that help us better learn our cameras and techniques. That being said, it is important to remember to READ YOUR CAMERA MANUAL. This will save you countless hours wondering how to operate one or another function/technique/option works and why it works. If you're like me, it won't click until you understand why it works the way it does. Your manual is your best friend. Learn it. Love it. Next.

Once you've got the basic functions and operations of your camera down, it's time to start really pursuing and investing in your photography. Sometimes this can be a little pricy, but a great friend of mine (who happens to be a professional photographer) told me, "You may be spending a bit up front, [but] you can consider it an investment in your future. To me, it was totally worth it."-Katie of Katie Faith Photography. I think we all have some concept of the initial costs of photography. After all, we all made that gut-wrenching purchase of our DSLR cameras. But the key word is investment. If we are wise in our investments, our plans our built on a solid foundation and they can be built up from there. So don't just go around purchasing whatever workshop Groupon has to offer. Contact a photographer you like and see what they recommend, or better yet, see if they offer any workshops themselves. You can also study photography blogs of people who are successful and see what they have to say.

Now this brings us to that wonderful blog/workshop site I was talking about. I highly recommend this program. It isn't the most expensive out there and it's Christian based. Click here for the blog link, and here for the workshops/site link. Enjoy and study up!

Blessings,
Miss Ryleigh