
TOP 10 BEGINNER PHOTOGRAPHY MISTAKES + How to Solve Them - Episode 116
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Still stuck in the middle of a heatwave, Kersten and Nick go for a drive to cool down and discuss the Top 10 Photography Mistakes beginners make and how to solve them whilst exploring the English countryside. The guys discuss everything from gear obsession to bad lighting and over-editing and give simple advice on how to avoid the most common beginner mistakes.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:04:48 Neat Video denoiser
00:12:20 Top Ten Beginner Photography Mistakes
00:12:56 (1) Focusing too much on Gear
00:21:05 (2) Not knowing your camera’s shooting modes
00:25:43 (3) Shooting JPEG
00:29:48 (4) Bad Composition
00:35:44 (5) Bad Lighting
00:38:46 (6) Soft Focus
00:43:00 (7) Lack of Action, Movement and Emotion
00:46:16 (8) Using the wrong Lens / Focal Length
00:49:30 (9) Bad Posing
00:52:12 (10) Over Editing
00:55:10 (11) Stop watching videos and start making photographs!
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