Three Tips to Improve Your Photography

I haven't done an improvement/philosophy episode in a while so I figured this would be a good time to jump back in.

In this video we'll discuss 3 tips to improve your skills as a photographer.

[davymike]

No single person has done more to improve my photography than Ted! Ted you're so appreciated!

[owentuckett]

One of the most intelligent, articulate series of videos on the web. Thanks Ted for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm; you are providing an education here.

[Joseph_Greco]

Good last tip reminded me of what an instructor told us in art school 40 years ago. When he charged a client for taking a photo the client squawked "...are you kidding? it only took you a few minutes to push the button on the camera"....the photographer's reply was " .... no, it took me my whole life to push that button".

[emkamaux]

Wonderful! Ted Forbes is responsible for a catastrophic decline in my sleep time. I hope I can survive. On to the next one!

[petergunndetective]

I love the think more, shoot less point. I've always been that way and it's great to hear it from somebody else. People always just run with "keep shooting constantly" and forget about the need to think things over.

[TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

The preamble nearly made me switch off, but I'm glad I didn't. Interesting thoughts.

[enzocannizzo]

( July ‘24) Hi Ted I ran across your You Tube station by accident . I was a more current 2024 cast . I started to identify your earlier ( 10 yrs ) + . I LOVE the presentation of photography as an Art . This approach makes you think .. and away from gear wars, click bate etc . THANK YOU !!!👍👍👍👍

[thetraveljack]

I’ve been feeling in a rut for a while, at one point I wasn’t shooting for months and months.. lately I’ve been making a point to shoot everyday, and it can be discouraging as I usually come home with images I don’t really like... but this video is helping me. I really need to focus on the type of photography that suits me. Thanks!

[photographybynnene]

Thank you so much. I've been binge watching your channel ever since I found it last week. You are such an inspiration.

[npatricksmith]

Thanks Ted. It's always a pleasure when your videos come out. I learn much from them and as a bonus, your voice seems to help my newborn baby fall asleep.

[backlandlands]

Good video but one thing you said caught my attention. It was about a photo you liked that was out of focus. It reminded me that photography is an art. Lately I have been so hung up on getting the image as sharp as I could that I misses the big picture.

[maxfig]

Thank you for these lessons they are so important to help me become a better photographer, it is true what you say about the cameras, a good camera help you manipulate the results better, however, something I always notice, can take a simple point a shoot, and make a beautiful picture, I have try with a good cameras, and I take thousand of pictures, and nothing came out that good. these techniques you are showing I believe is probably what I need to improve my skills. Thank you for these lessons

[zathraspersonal]

I thought I was a lone voice in this connection between improvisation and photography. I am both a jazz musician and a photographer. I know as a musical improviser that its vital to understand your domain and the work of those who have gone before. If you study the history of jazz it advances in a series of quantum jumps where one individual has taken the medium and developed a completely new voice, thus expanding the language. I'm newer to photography so can't see these parallel processes, but understanding musical improvisation has helped me improve my photography. Take what ha gone before and what others are doing and let it inspire you....then tweak it and push it. I'm looking for my own voice. Thanks Ted for an inciteful view.

[jfanzeres]

The Art Of Photography is simply the best photography program in Youtube. Thanks Ted for sharing with us all the photo knowledge you have, which helps a lot photography fans to improve their passion.

[TravisHenson]

I love your videos, especially the ones like this. I love the theoretical, timeless, knowledge. I imagine the cameras and technology will always change; it’s most important to me to learn to think like a great photographer.

[francolaria]

These three tips are timeless in their relevance – but probably never more relevant than now at a time when everyone's going nuts over the "Revolution" in the mirrorless form factor. Not that I'm not one of those who's above it all – on the contrary – the kit you buy brings an excitement all of its own, but owning a great camera don't make you a great photographer. Very useful insights, Ted. Especially of interest to me, and something I want to study some more, was the reference to Arnold Newman and his people in their environment photography – because its not just the about the environment but the interplay of the subject in their environment. That's going to be my focus. Thank you.

[sonvfave]

love your humble attitude and just wonderful content keep it up!

[Cyriljayant]

Seen this talk before and And like see this over and over . Thanks TED ! Great video.

[nolan]

As a jazz guitar player your improvisation analogy really helped me understand everything so much better. Great videos man and wonderful content! I just wish I'd found this channel a long time ago!

[jean-francoisrenaud]

Here is three tips that help me to be better as a photographer.
1) Do the pastiche method : try to replicate images that drives you;
2) Do it twice : after you shoot something and look at the results on your computer, go back and shoot that same thing again.
3) As for anything, all you need to do is to put 10 000 hours : see psychologist K. Anders Ericsson’s theory.