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Anonymous No.4470150 [Report] >>4470165 >>4470186
Hey, I haven't been doing this hobby for very long. I wanted to know how I can improve. I took the photos with a small camera I found at home.
Anonymous No.4470165 [Report] >>4470186 >>4470191
>>4470150 (OP)
Use ChatGPT. It’s unironically a remarkably good tool at learning the basics of photography and you can use it to progress at your own pace.
Anonymous No.4470186 [Report]
>>4470165
terrible advice, chatgpt gets things wrong constantly and if you are a novice you will never pick up on it
if you have questions about technical things, bring them up here so you can observe the autists and schizos that lurk this board tear each other open like wild dogs in the pursuit of “best practice”
the thread we had on ETTR vs. zone placement was great, I learnt from both sides.
>>4470150 (OP)
>I wanted to know how I can improve.
Describe what you do when you take a photo. Be as in-depth as possible. This will help us understand where you’re at. Post more photos, too.
Anonymous No.4470191 [Report]
>>4470165
>Room temp IQ
OP, do not listen to this moronic waste of bandwidth.

General advice is, look up the exposure triangle and understand each of their roles in changing how the photo comes out. Basically:
>Shutter speed
Freezes motion or allows motion blur, a fine line to tread. The longer the shutter is open the more light you capture.
>Aperture
Allows more, or less light in through the lens. Reduces Depth of Field of increases it accordingly.
>ISO
Increases signal (Higher ISO makes the image brighter) but this includes adding noise
There are a few other interactions I've glossed over but that's pretty much all you need to know.

And look at some basic photography composition rules like the Rule of Thirds. These rules aren't gospel so much as ideas to help you compose an image more thoughtfully. I also found that shooting in Black and White simplified things so you can focus on messing with other shit. Last thing, if you shoot JPEG that's fine an' dandy and really who gives a fuck if that's good enough for you. However, if you shoot in RAW as well (most cameras allow both at once) you can go down the rabbit hole of post-processing which is its own thing but allows you to get more creative and/or squeeze more image quality out of your shots.

Good luck OP, /p/ is full of mindless faggots.