11 Actionable Things You And I Can Do To Improve Our Photography in 2023 – Part 2!

11 Actionable Things You And I Can Do To Improve Our Photography in 2023 – Part 2!

The 11 actionable things that you and I can do to improve our photography in 2023 are

  1. Get out more and take photos

  2. Learn to use all our gear properly

  3. Start all over again

  4. Simplify and get rid of distractions

  5. Really think about composition

  6. The one photo rule

  7. Learn one new thing

  8. Rethink how you edit your photos

  9. Get a critique

  10. Apply what you learn from that critique

  11. Reflect on all of this stuff

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11 Things You Can Do To Take Better Photos (From The Photography Explained Podcast)

11 Things You Can Do To Take Better Photos (From The Photography Explained Podcast)

The 11 actionable things that you and I can do to improve our photography in 2023 are

  1. Get out more and take photos

  2. Learn to use all our gear properly

  3. Start all over again

  4. Simplify and get rid of distractions

  5. Really think about composition

  6. The one photo rule

  7. Learn one new thing

  8. Rethink how you edit your photos

  9. Get a critique

  10. Apply what you learn from that critique

  11. Reflect on all of this stuff

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What Is Photography? My 2023 Update On What Photography Is

What Is Photography? My 2023 Update On What Photography Is

Photography in 2023 is a thriving thing. Mobile phones have exploded photography to a completely new level. Tech in phones and cameras has closed the gap between pro and non pro photographers. Photography in 2023 is at the core of many social media platforms. But photography in 2023 is still what it ever was – drawing with light. Photography in 2023 is still all about composition, what is in a photo. Well it should be anyway.

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What Is Photography? Episode 1 Revisited. Well I Want To Get Back To Basics

What Is Photography? Episode 1 Revisited. Well I Want To Get Back To Basics

What is photography to me?

Well, photography has been a huge part of my life since my early teens. And this is a long time I can assure you as I am quite old and I have spent my entire adult life studying, learning, practising, sharing and enjoying photography.

Photography (not Socrates which is what the transcript came up with!) has taken me to so many unique places and given so many unforgettable experiences,

I feel very fortunate to have found photography, or did photography find me? That was deep, wasn't it? Don't worry, I’m done with that!

Let me tell you about some things that photography has given me.

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How Technology In Cameras Helps Us To Take Photos (Part 2)

How Technology In Cameras Helps Us To Take Photos (Part 2)

Well I answered this in the last episode. So in this episode I want to get straight into the things that I did not have time to talk about.

  • Focus bracketing

  • Post focus simulation

  • In camera HDR

  • JPEG Presets

  • High Resolution Modes

  • Processing in camera

  • Wireless live streaming

  • In camera forgery proof technology

  • Lens coatings

  • Editing

  • AI stuff

  • Phone technology

  • Image processing – I need to come onto that. That will be one for yet another episode.

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How Technology In Cameras Helps Us To Take Photos

How Technology In Cameras Helps Us To Take Photos

Technology in cameras in 2022 helps us photographers to take better, higher quality, sharper photos. The technology helps us to take these photos in more challenging conditions than ever before. Technology has made cameras quicker, smaller, lighter and quieter. Technology in cameras has made it easier for photographers of all abilities to take photos using advanced techniques once available to pro photographers only.

Technology in cameras has closed the gap between consumer and pro photographers.

And technology in cameras has of course transformed mobile phone technology into what it is today.

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How Is Artificial Intelligence Used In Photography? Will AI Ever Replace Me?

How Is Artificial Intelligence Used In Photography? Will AI Ever Replace Me?

AI is artificial intelligence. AI is used in photography to take technically higher quality photos. AI in photography is used to apply previous learning to the processing of images. AI in photography provides endless new opportunities to intelligently automate photographic processes.

But. AI cannot replace the human bit of us, our feelings, emotions, views, and beliefs.

So no, AI in photography will not replace us as photographers. Well not completely. And not yet.

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