Basic Photography

1. Don’t crop your photos.
2. Share fewer photos on social media.
3. Don’t just take 1–2 photos of a scene (work the scene).

1. Never compare yourself with others.
2. Aim to improve your photography by 1% everyday.
3. Aim to make complex photos, not complicated photos.
4. Cross-pollinate your photography to be more creative.
5. The photos you decide not to make are more important than the photos you do make.
6. Photography is 90% editing your work (choosing your best photos) and 10% actually making photos.
7. Apply the 80/20 rule in your photography.
8. Aim to get one good photo from a thousand photos.
9. Shoot both horizontal and vertical photos.
10. Use minus-exposure compensation in harsh light.
11. A photographer’s best tool is his/her smile.
12. Shoot with your flash more often.
13. How can you turn your obstacles into an opportunity?
14. Make interesting photos out of boring things
15. Shoot RAW+JPEG