First Shot
I was recently thinking about when I got my very first camera for Christmas. I was in middle school, and I was thrilled to finally have a “real camera”. It had 3 shutter speeds and a built in flash. Wow! So of course, I set out that Christmas day to make a bunch of really cool pictures of my friends and family. One of those shots was a self portrait very similar to the one you see here, that I shot into a mirror with a flash. Now, that’s just about as dumb as it gets, and when I got the prints back from the lab, yes we had to send them off in those pre-historic times, I was shocked to see this burst of light in the mirror. What was I thinking would happen? I guess I wasn’t thinking. Well…I did get better at photography and hopefully I can help you get better as well. It’s truly not about the camera, it’s about thinking like a photographer. Or…thinking like a camera. So, if you’d like to stop being disappointed with the pictures you’re taking, and start making photographs that you can be proud of, sign up below. I’ll send you tips every week that will help you quickly improve your work. This week’s tip is: don’t shoot flash pictures into a mirror. I mean how dumb is that?
