4 Mistakes That Ruin Every Amateur Photographer’s Work

If you are one of those amateurs who are striving hard to overcome their drawbacks that have been affecting their image quality, here are a couple of things that you must avoid. 

 

Never miss-use the zoom button

The more you zoom in, the lesser will be the sharpness, especially at an extreme range. Amateurs often use the zoom button in order to get closer to the subject and to capture more details; however this is a wrong technique. Use a telephoto lens if you want an extreme close-up. Taking a full-sized photo and later cropping it in an image-editing program is a better way of taking close-up shots. 

 

Shoot like a pro

                                                       

Even if you know you are not good, dump that feeling from your heart and when you are with your camera shoot like a sharp shooter. Any form of nervousness is sure to give you shaky hands. Unwanted camera movement is the biggest enemy of any photographer, so make sure your hands are not shaky. If you are still not confident, use a Shutter release cable and a tripod so that you don’t have to manually touch the camera. 

 

Don’t smash your shutter button

This is one of the most common mistakes every amateur and hobby photographer makes. The shutter button is meant for gently pressing and not smashing. Pressing the button hard may not cause any damage to the camera but it will certainly destabilize it, thereby giving you blurred images. Although camera accessories such as shutter release cables and remote shutter release have helped amateurs get rid of the unwanted camera movement, you cannot always be dependent on them. Learn to press the shutter button lightly. 

 

Stop buying all photography equipments 

 

Of course all of them have their own benefit but they are all designed for specific use. A wide angle lens is useful for taking family portraits and wedding photographs but a normal lens will give you better results for shooting a single subject. A translucent reflector will work for sunlight photography but for studio shoots, silver reflector should be preferred. Clicking good pictures doesn’t necessarily mean you should use every possible equipment. Whatever you use, make sure it’s actually needed.

Be patient; photography is not as simple as it sounds and even if you are a pro, chances of improvement will still be there.