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So you want to be a professional photographer Thinking about turning pro as a photographer? read this honest account of a professional photographer and his route to becoming a pro.

Below is an article written by professional photographer Mathew Keeson of Matt Keeson Photography who I had the pleasure of teaching some years ago.
As a photographer he has a keen eye and is extremely gifted, here he explains the path he took to become the professional that he is today.

So you want to be a professional photographer Thinking about turning pro as a photographer? read this honest account of a professional photographer and his route to becoming a pro.

Photography is like driving a car Getting used to your camera. Leaning about light and taking charge of the situation. It is all about YOU and not about the camera.

When I work with my camera, I work from the subconscious; as the light changes so my fingers automatically move to buttons and make adjustments. When I see a scene I automatically know what my base settings will be for what I want to achieve. I trust what I see and I trust what I do with light. I trust that the camera will do what it is designed to do and that is to take orders from me.

Photography is like driving a car Getting used to your camera. Leaning about light and taking charge of the situation. It is all about YOU and not about the camera.

Here is a little known secret (well it is these day's anyway)

If you study photography in a logical and predetermined way with a tried and tested course, you will learn faster, get better results, have fewer (if any) bad habits, develop a feeling and confidence in working with your equipment and will make better photographs

Come on, become a great photographer Become a good photographer by following a few simple and age old practiced rules. No secrets, no big investment just simple, plain truths.

Since the introduction of mainstream digital photography, the once proud hobby, art form and profession has been unceremoniously dumped into the s**t, and is today, a mere shadow of what it once was.

The sad state of modern photography Digital photography, social media and the a nation of "I want everything for free's" has killed photography as it once was.

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Critical to photography is exposure, get this right and you create wonderful images, and get it wrong and you get porridge.

So, what should you read up on and learn in order to understand and learn exposure.

Let's begin to master exposure Where to start when learning exposre, what are the important areas to concentrate on?

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸, 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱?

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦!

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢,” 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗧𝗪, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆!!

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 101, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺.

𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦; 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴.

Between the golden hour and blue hour you can discover treasures through your lens. Ensure you get there early to find the best vantage point and composition. Ensure your settings are correct becasue once it gets dark it is difficult, even with a torch. Plan your shoot, grab a flask of coffee and get out and about; if you want some company, some good chat and tutoring on the subject, join me on a short masterclass, they only last a few hours, and only specialise on one subject - the best way to learn.
Green Point Lighthouse - 07/10/17
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