When I started this website and blog my intention was to share my journey as a beginner photography and to pass on what I learned to anyone else who might be starting a similar journey. I wanted to share my passion and enthusiasm for photography and hopefully encourage others to commence or continue their own photography journey.

My blog posts have taken the form of sharing personal experiences, passing on discoveries I make, discussing how I view the link between photography and wellbeing and, of course, sharing some of my images.

Whenever possible I have tried to pass on tips and suggestions that might help others to improve their photography, both from my own experience and from professionals whose work I admire.

In this post I would like to present the work of a photographer whose videos I have recently come across on YouTube. He goes by the name Rich Art and what I like is that he offers clear, straight-forward, helpful advice that will be of benefit to anyone wishing to improve and enhance their photography skills.

The videos have titles such as:

5 Tips to Improve Your Composition

How to take Amazing Photos on Cloudy Days

6 Photography Tips for Beginners

Forget About Interesting Subjects, Do This Instead… (The Anchor Method)

Your Photos Will Improve Once You Master This

I recommend these 5 videos in particular because they reflect the techniques I try to incorporate into my own photography.

Below are some examples of two of these techniques - framing and using contrast.

BONUS VIDEO

This video from photographer Scott Edwards outlines some of the things he would ignore if he was starting photography today.

He chooses to ignore these things, not because they are useless, but because his experience has proven that some of these pieces of advice actually slow you down when starting photography.

You can check out Scott's video below.

Advice I'd Ignore if I Started Photography Today

If you are beginning photography and would like information on resources that you might find useful, visit my Resources page.