This is the FOCUS Points photography podcast where we will talk on how you can start your photography adventure with a budget and have fun doing it
You can find us in Instagram @focuspointspodcast and on Twitter @focuspointspod
You can find Amaurie Ramirez also on www.amaurierazphoto.com . There you can find all his social media accounts also a large variety of prints for sale.
EPISODE NOTES
We want to use this podcast to educate:
- how to start despite your budget
- encourage those starting out
How we started taking photos, what made us start, and what we used.
- We were single and had time for leisure.
- We were searching for the perfect cup of coffee and traveled to different locations.
- Using the opportunity of being in various towns, we took photos and edited them on our phones (iPhone and Google Nexus), then post to social media.
- Instagram’s “Weekend Hashtag Projects” for motivation and for ideas.
What we recommend:
- Use your phone if you don’t have a camera.
- Find inspiration from other photographers
- Watch tutorial videos
- Listen to photography podcasts
- Read about how to compose your photos
- Choose a theme
- Which photography genre interest you the most — if street photography, go and hit the streets: always look up for a new perspective, shoot down low. Look for reflections, architecture, patterns, colors, etc.
If you like Nature, go to state parks, lakes and waterways, national parks if you have any nearby.
For portraits ask family and friends to pose - If you have a camera — use automatic mode if you don’t know how to use manual mode, shoot in JPEG until you learn how to shoot RAW. Play with it.
- Use your computer to edit the photos — if you have a Mac you can use the Photos app to tweak the brightness, shadows, contrast, etc. You can also edit with your own phone.
- Editing software/apps
- Lightroom (desktop and mobile)
- Afterlight
- Carbon is great app for black and white photography
- Snapseed, very useful and full of features. One of the apps we used the most in our early days.
- Get accessories if you can
- Tripod, backpacks, extra batteries
- Phones these days shoot in dark mode and a tripod is ideal for stability if you want to shoot at night
- Go and shoot, shoot, shoot
I want to give a small project for those first listeners that want to start something and don’t know how.
- An easy project to start creating — take sunrise and sunset photos. Upload your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #focuspointspodproject
- We want to see your work and give you a shout out on our next episode with some tips
For our lens art in the logo go to https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/technology
