Can you learn photography well by self-study? A complete photography learning system

Learning system

New York Institute of Photography textbook

Shooting skill

Master's Road: Late Digital Photography

Fundamentals of design and color matching

Viewing mode

Visual aesthetics

A brief history of photography

Photographic composition

History of world photography

History of photography

The eyes of the world

As a photo of contemporary art

aesthetics

Photographer's eyes

Art philosophy

The essence of photos

From literature to contemporary art

1. Shooting technology

Technical things are easy to master through self-study, and there are many.

The photographer is still at this stage.

Use of camera, correct exposure, light consumption, post-retouching, etc.

In the basic knowledge of photography, self-study is easy to master. Related books

Textbooks of New York Institute of Photography and Digital Photography after Master's Road.

2. Visual aesthetics

To take "good-looking" photos, you need to learn graphic design and composition principles, such as

Six visual elements, five basic composition principles, color attributes and so on.

Photography technology determines the lower limit and aesthetics determines the upper limit. Aesthetics doesn't matter.

The difference between high and low, the progress of shooting level needs to constantly break the aesthetic comfort zone,

Try to understand different styles of works.

3. History of photography

Photography history is an indispensable part of theoretical photography, so we should improve our photography level.

The cognitive system must be exposed to photographic history.

I want to take some "good-looking" but different photos to avoid homogenization of creation.

You need to have a complete and clear understanding and research on the development of photography art history.

And learn from the works of various photographers,

4. Philosophy of art

One of the problems faced by learning photography is the lack of perception and the lack of the outside world.

It is difficult for people who lack any perception to take good photos.

Philosophy of art belongs to photography theory, and theory is not necessarily a guide to reality.

Practice is to bring thoughts and inspiration to the artist and form the artist's point of view.

Reading, emotional and artistic skills.