Always remember that photography is a creative art combining your artistic skill with your proficiency as a photographer.

Of course to display your art you need to know how to use your camera well and how to compose your photograph.

You will need a camera suitable for your needs and one which you get to know well to assist you with your creative endeavours.

You also need some technical skills and to learn the techniques of the professional photographer.  Perhaps you will never make it on the world stage but there are a lot of levels from rank amateur up that you may well slip into.

And perhaps one day you may well become a professional photographer yourself.

In the interim you need to pick up your camera, go out the door, head for the nearest park and practice by shooting whatever you can and I mean with a camera in case anyone is getting this wrong.

With modern cameras it is not too  long before you'll be free of cutting off heads and blocking out faces and gradually you'll see how much your photography can improve.

It may be in your interests to refer to other hubs in this group to get a feel of where we're going.

We've already discussed the rule of thirds and it is an important one although every photographer has the right to ignore the rules in  favour of a great composition and there are times when rules are best ignored but that decision is usually only well made when you have had enough experience to capture an image for a special purpose and to achieve a specific effect and if you're lucky enough to get a photo of a 'famous person' just get it as best you can, the subject will take you a long way and sometimes speed is of the essence.

So do watch out for subjects with those eyes of yours, and the more photos you take the more observant you'll become and never fail to look behind you, there are as many good photos to your rear as those you so easily see in front of you.

A concept that is very important in photography is depth of field.  You need an especially good automatic camera if you want the camera to work it all out for you but if you wish to lock in your own settings you'll need to become familiar with f numbers and you'll see them there on the side of the lens for all the more expensive cameras.

None the less you can give thought to these concepts in the way you arrange your composition  and by knowing the capacities and limitations of your own camera and you'll only do this by using your camera and using it often.

Even if you only want good family snaps you'll do well in learning how to improve your photography.

To-day I'm just going to give you some snaps I found on the web, not all of them are particularly good but some do have aspects to them which we can all learn to understand and appreciate.

I'm staring with a sunset which everyone loves.  It's not a great photo but it does depict a beautiful sky and the sky and time of day is a very good place to start.

Unless you are experienced with photography you will find depth of field hard to comprehend but be patient and gradually you will become more familiar with its ideas and then you'll want to move on to your own f numbers and how to set them and what each will achieve.

It's a lot to do with maintaining a focus for your photo whether near or distant at the spot where you want to  it to be.

I'll try to hunt up some photos for you which will take you towards understanding this.

By the time you've looked carefully at the shots I've put up you should be ready and excited about the possibilities of you and your camera but you'll only make progress if you get out with those two feet of yours and go with your camera on a journey of discovery.

I am giving you a link here which will take you not only to a great photo but also some advice on rule of thirds, colour, street photography and landscapes.

Study your craft well it will produce some good results for you and just remember you can't take too many photographs and as well as what's in front of you you've got a full 360° around you to explore.  Every angle presents a new opportunity and remember always to look up and look down, it's all there just begging you to photograph it.

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