Some people say photography is an art and some say it is a business. I think that a true photographer always try to be more creative than thinking about how much he can earn from it. I start photo shooting when I was a kid. My dad had this very old model canon film camera which I used to carry it around in all the events in my school and other places. I guess from then I was attracted to photography. Now I own a canon dslr camera and I have been photographing a lot more than before. Everyday when I go out with my camera and find something interesting I shoot it. It doesn’t matter what I am shooting. I really enjoy it.
One thing I believe that a photographer is like an artist. An artist uses his brush to paint amazing pictures while a photographer uses his camera for his creative work. If you take away the camera from the hand of a photographer he is nothing but a blind man walking without his stick. He becomes an ordinary person.
The most important thing of a photographer is his eyes. I was reading this article in internet which says that it’s not in the camera but the eye of a photographer that can make an ordinary picture turn to extraordinary. After reading that article I realize that how much it is true. You can have the best camera in the market but if you don’t know how to shoot with the camera you will not get good pictures.
People are looking for tips and help from different places. They are studying lots of books and tutorials. But I believe that it’s not the book or the tutorial that can help you but it’s you who has to help yourself. Books and tutorial can give you the basics of photography. You should have real life experience than just reading some books. The more you take pictures the more you gain experience. And with this experience you can decide what mistake you are making. But I am not telling to stop reading books. It is necessary to study about photography. If you have no knowledge about photography then you might not have the basics about photography. But to get better photographer you must be in the field with a camera. Recently I mail to a very successful photographer asking his opinion on my works. He gave me some tips and find out my errors. But beside this he also asks me to keep shooting. I know there are lots of people who might not agree with me but I believe that if you want to become a good photographer don’t waste any more time and start shooting
