Article: 50 Brides Reveal What Their Photographers Could Have Done Better

I read this article with much amusement. I understand that brides want their day to be captured perfectly (in the way they think it should be shot), but sometimes they don't share or understand the vision the photographer has. I recall, a few years back, a friend was showing me her wedding photo album, which was really well done. As we were flipping through the pages, she stopped on one particular page to complain about a particular black and white image the photographer chose to use instead of the same in colour. I recall looking at the page in its totality and thought the photographer made the right choice, BUT my friend wasn't happy with the choice. At the end of the day, it was a beautiful product, but my friend was not happy.

A couple years later, I was watching a course on CreativeLive, and remember the instructor mentioning that sometimes the client (and she was talking about brides), will have a particular image in mind that they want and it isn't necessarily aligned with what the photographer would suggest. The instructor reminded those of us watching that in the end, it may be in your best interest to let go of your creative vision, to keep the client happy.

Both of these things came to mind when reading this article... Photography, particularly wedding photography, is really about managing a personal relationship. Yes, a bride has come to you because they like your work, but they think that you can capture the magic of the day. For me personally, the only way to do that is to have a great relationship with the subject of my photos... I tell them what I want to do/have in mind, and ask for their suggestions, and hopefully everyone is happy with the final product.

What Brides wish their photographer did differently

Article: 5 Lies Your Camera Likes to Tell

I learned about these lies the hard way... There were many pictures I took in Morocco last year that I was not happy with because, quite honestly, I was still learning my brother's camera!

It is great to remember this any time you pick up a camera.... An instructor once told me, "remember that you are the one with a thinking brain and a feeling heart, don't let you camera tell you it knows better than you....trust yourself."

This is a great reminder of just that!

http://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/2013/09/5-lies-your-camera-likes-to-tell/

Article: 10 Common Mistakes if Newbie Photographers

I love editing my photos... I love the opportunity to take a step back and look at my images, reminisce about what I was feeling when I took each shot, and then refining them to the image I had envisioned, but didn't quite capture. It's time consuming, but also de-stressing.

I'm still learning to edit and tweak my photos, and found this article helpful.

http://digital-photography-school.com/10-common-mistakes-made-by-new-photographers/

Article: 3 Tips to Take Better Landscape Photos

I constantly do this to myself... I envision the perfect photo I want to take, and then get really let down when the perfect conditions don't present themselves to get that shot.  More often than not this happens when I'm trying to capture a particular landscape, and often times it's somewhere I'm not going to get a second chance.

The author of this article has some great suggestions, including borrowing techniques from other areas of photography to capture the landscape image you want.  I will have to try to keep this in mind the next time I'm only shooting.


http://digital-photography-school.com/3-tips-take-better-landscape-photos-regardless-weather/