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Are you getting the best use out of your camera?

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Wilko van de Kamp
Nov 30, 2019
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In one of my photography events, someone said “these days everyone calls themselves a photographer”. In a way it’s true. It doesn’t take much to head over to some big box store, buy fancy camera and call yourself a “photographer”. I wrote another post about that a while ago, and you can read it here. At the same time, I see a lot of fellow travellers who are trying to capture some amazing scenery or city skyline with a decent camera, while shooting on “full auto” – sometimes even with flash. It makes me cringe a little every time. It’s like buying a Porsche (or another fancy sports car brand of your choice) but only driving it in first gear around the block.

Most people enter the field of photography with the hope that the advertised magical features of their brand new camera work as advertised, helping to achieve good quality pictures without having any training or knowledge of specific photographic techniques. Reality is that these features really do work, but they’re not enough to e…

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