How did you grow from a small photographer to a big photographer?

Everyone's learning process is different. Let's sum up my own process from photography to photography as a career.

1. Set the target.

Many people regard setting goals as a dispensable or even funny step, but I think this step is the most important one, which determines how long it takes you to grow from a small white level to a professional level and how far you will go.

My initial goal was to change careers as a photographer, so even though I am Xiao Bai, I am willing to spend time, energy and money on it. This is also the source of my sudden jump to professional level in 3-4 months, when my cameras are all white and only use automatic gears.

2. Make clear what skills are needed for the target position.

Because my goal is to be a photographer, I will first search the recruitment website for the skills required by corporate photographers, and then go to official website in this enterprise to see where the level of this recruitment position has gone, so as to learn from it in a short time.

3. After defining the goals and standards, I signed up for many courses that can solve my problems, such as the online photography system class. Basically, I went to learn the courses taught by famous photographers.

Read a lot of pictures

Photography is a matter of paying attention to beauty, and the improvement of photography technology is very simple, but the improvement of aesthetics needs a continuous process, so we must ensure that we absorb some beautiful things every day.

Generally, I will choose some foreign websites to look at pictures, such as pinteres, instagram, behance and so on. Lofter, 500px and so on will be selected in China.

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Every three or two days, I will choose the most emotional photos I have seen recently, analyze how they are used up, how they are composed, and how they are arranged, and imitate this picture with reference to these. This process is the fastest process of improving my ability in all aspects.

6. Learn at work

The promotion speed of photography is closely related to the frequency of your photography, so when you are engaged in photography, you have a lot of practical opportunities every day, and your promotion will be accelerated.

Of course, when you apply for a photographer, it shows that you have been able to turn photography into a specialty.

Enjoy it ~