What are the misunderstandings of professional photography?

Many photographers dream of becoming professional photographers one day and turning their hobbies into jobs. The following are some misunderstandings of professional photography. Let's have a look!

Use a large aperture

Many portrait photographers tend to use a large aperture because it can "shoot the artistic conception". In fact, the bigger the aperture, the better. It is impossible to complete the artistic conception only by blurring. Try different apertures.

Use f/22

Contrary to "large aperture control", there are also staunch supporters of small aperture. It is said that there is also a fan group of f/22, which regards small aperture as synonymous with image quality ... Try a different aperture again.

A good photo must have a beautiful histogram.

Histogram can intuitively tell us the exposure of the current photo, but it can't tell you whether the exposure is good or not.

Manual mode (M) can better control the exposure.

It depends on what you shot. No model is absolutely optimal. It is a requirement for professional photographers to use different shooting modes flexibly according to the actual shooting situation.

Set the white balance before shooting.

The salesman of the gray card will spare no effort to explain to you how to set the correct white balance before taking pictures-but this is unnecessary. First of all, the unique natural light effect under different color temperatures is the beauty that photographers pursue diligently. Secondly, when shooting in the RAW format of modern digital cameras, white balance can be set in post-processing without prior measurement. Of course, in some industrial shooting activities, the setting of white balance may improve the production efficiency, but for individual photographers, you should use white balance more flexibly instead of stubbornly looking for "neutral gray".

A fixed-focus lens must be better than a zoom lens.

In photography, there are indeed many stubborn opinions. This is another one. It is a common problem for many photographers to raise their personal shooting habits and hobbies into rules. At present, the imaging level of zoom lens is similar to that of fixed focus lens. Don't be superstitious about Jianghu legends, judge for yourself!

There will always be a way in the future.

Although post-processing can repair many problems in the previous shooting, and may even "turn decay into magic", it is by no means omnipotent. For photography, the early stage and the late stage are a unified whole, and you should be responsible for your own work from the beginning of shooting.