LEARN and MASTER Photography - 5 TOP TIPS

These 5 tips will help you learn and master photography, but they will also take a long time to implement. If you don't have the time to learn just put down your camera. There are a lot of educational photography videos out there with "fast tips", these are the long-term goal tips on how to actually improve your photography. These are also some advanced tips for those of you who are dedicated and might want to pursue a career in photography.

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[ChrisSalePhoto]

Excellent advice Mads, the tip about shooting with intention has flicked a switch in my brain and could be the piece of advice that helps me to take my photography to the next level. There so much on YouTube about the technical aspect of landscape photography but comparatively little about approach and mindset. Cheers mate.

[davesusko]

Your comment about seeking criticism reminded me of the quote, “If you are the smartest one in the room, find another room.”

[Michal.Sadowski]

It is good that someone with your credibility finally said it. Editing can help so much in telling the story.

[ckay]

I really like your chanel since it seems that you are really practising photography on a high level. Watching other chanels it often comes to my mind that people are good entertainers but don't really know what they are doing - so thank you for that and your honest inputs!

For me personally it often has turned out that i did not take the in advance intended shot but have come back home with really nice surprises. Thefore my advise is to always be prepared for multiple kind of occasions and rather pack a lens or a filter more than less.

[victor-ferreira]

It were the best photography tips that I have heard!! It's a pleasure watching speaking about photography and art, you give enthusiasm, power, encourage to take more photos but with art! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and knowledge about "photoart"!😉

[gordroberts]

Extremely helpful video, Mads. You are a very good teacher. Off to explore Gestalt Theory. Thanks for sharing!

[OFGW]

Two things that have helped me the most that are on your tips list. Embrace the edit and shoot with intention. Embracing the edit gave me creative freedom. Shooting with intention allows me to be the storyteller I always wanted to be when I started photography. Thank you for this video.

[ConnieLowell]

All so well said. Thank you! Intention is so important. Sometimes I sit down and sketch out my idea and truly create everything that I want in the shot before I go and get it. Then I am not afraid to study and go get the shot again if I need to make adjustments that editing won't solve.

[robertzimmerman]

Mads, you are helping so many amateurs like myself with photography and not justwith how to use a camera but you also help us to think about ourselves, what ourartistic goals are and how to achieve those goals. Your advice is practical but yourinfluence on your pupils goes way beyond that. You are indeed a gifted teacheras well as a top professional. Thanks for all the videos, especially this one becauseit addressed so many important issues.  Please continue inspiring us all. Bob Z

[mhcb]

Excellent advice. Ref Tip 1 -   I get so tired of photographers I know who "brag" that their images are  "straight out of the camera." Each photographer certainly has the right to process the image as he/she desires. And if that means being as true to the original scene as possible, so be it. But to state that anything else is "not true photography" just burns my you-know-what!

[Stoked]

For landscape/nature photography I find that studying the natural history of an area (geology, dendrology, biology, etc.) keeps me interested and sometimes gets me out the door (camera in hand) when I might otherwise feel uninspired. And I definitely second your suggestion of studying and drawing inspiration from all other forms of art.

[andreabritz]

I am struggling deciding on which editing software to use, but I agree that editing is a must.

[bradzaruba]

Thanks Mads. Excellent reminder that we can always get better by learning from others. I captured an image a few days ago just by wondering what it would like in black and white. Inspiration comes at strange times!

[TonyGouge]

Lots of great thoughts here, Mads. Well done!

[spitfirepilot]

Lucid and thoughtful, thanks. For me, learning to take my time is crucial: My rookie mistakes have often flowed from a quite misguided sense that I must do a lot, at speed. In fact, patience is key: the eye must thoughtful, informed by an attitude of 'wise passiveness' which not at all the same as doing nothing.

[AndyAstbury]

Everyone with a camera should watch this video and take the message on board Mads !

[hajnalkaberenyi-kiss]

Just stumbled upon your channel through Fstoppers and found your videos seriously helpful. Thank you for the amazing content.

[candicewatson]

One book I found extremely inspiring, was a book called "The War of Art"  It is very thought provoking, and it makes you understand what keeps us from doing the things we want to do, and how we can overcome the roadblocks. It is a definite must read, or for those who don't have a lot of time, it is also available as an Audio book. When I find myself struggling, I return to this book again and again, and each time, it has something to teach me.

[cashmoney]

Awesome video! Im a novice. What recently helped me immensely is going out shooting with an experienced photographer. I learned a couple technical skills but mostly the idea you mentioned...shooting with intention.

[joeprter]

Sound advice, I like the idea of forming a group of photographers to get feedback from trusted sources rather than "desktop experts" found in Facebook etc. I have always found most people who complain about editing are folk who don't use editing tools because they don't know how or don't understand the reason raw files need to be optomised in order to get the best from them.