My interest in photography actually started a long time ago when my parents bought me my first camera – the year 2003-2004. It was the HP Photosmart 320 with 2.1 megapixels. Thinking from behind, this feeling continues to come to mind – like a kid in a candy store. The first excitement quickly ran out when I discovered that more pictures than just one needed a memory card inside. Because at that time the school took most of the time and playing with friends seemed to be more important, this interest diminished, but the sense of gratitude that my parents bought me the camera was big enough not to throw the “gun” in the real bush. The moment I got this camera it was big money for parents.

After that, there were “few” years apart and a small amount of money was collected while working, for a new camera, and then a more powerful camera – the FujiFilm Finepix S6000fd – was ordered from Ebay. A camera that had a lens on the front but could not be changed. However, the range was large at 28-300mm (10.7 obtical zoom) and this camera already had 6.3MP. It wasn’t fun for a very long time, though, because it turned out that the American I bought the camera forgot to mention that the camera sensor was broken, and that was my first big lesson. Tough lesson for the young – all that shines is not gold.

I started raising money again and after a while I bought the same camera but the European model sd6500fd and then I got to know more about the camera. Still, because of the beautiful sunsets and the beautiful colors that I saw with my own eyes and what was seen in the pictures of others, but I had no idea how to get them. No matter how awesome the camera is, the dynamic range of the camera does not allow it to shoot into the sun so that everything is properly exposed. So I tried the camera’s manual mode and the Av priority mode, where photography begins – self-vision and creativity. I already knew there was a need to take a picture in a RAW file, so it would still be possible to edit the image at my own discretion, not the vision of the men inside the camera. 

From there, as well, came the first such harder understanding of how to alleviate this situation. I started using exposure bracketing and then blending those different exposures with post-processing. It gave the first hole an HDR right away, so it got crazy with the sliders, another dimension came with HDR photos. Looking back, do you really have to go through these rakes yourself? But the harsh reality once again put his fingers in the doorway, and he had to climb out of the hole quickly and proceed with more modest action with high-dynamic photos. Sometimes I also use some filters in front of the lens, but since I also like post-processing, I use mostly bracketing. Then there are some ND filters.

It took a while before I picked up and at the beginning of 2017 I got a half-frame Canon 760d with a Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 aperture. Why such a lens? Because at that moment, I didn’t quite know what I wanted to photograph more, either nature or people. The wide area cover beautifully nature and the upper end towards the portrait. Got a little bit of learning and using this camera, but because the sharpness I saw in other people’s photos and the low-light photos didn’t deliver the results I was hoping, I quickly got my full-frame DSLR, still in the relationship today – Canon 5d mark IV. Going over the 5d mk IV, I made it clear that when I buy a high-end camera, I have to upgrade my skills much higher than they were, and then I can’t really blame myself for the lack of camera.

Choosing a Camera – What to Take, What to Leave? Easy, go rent a budget camera – hold on to see what looks better, which menu is better for you, and the rest you don’t have to worry about, because it quickly becomes clear that the camera won’t do it alone .

The beginning of conscious photography – that is, photography with the idea of ​​light, composition. The first thing I have in my mind since the first camera was the light that every photo has to have. Without it, there is no photo. But that’s not all that makes a photo a photo. The image must have content. When analyzing the photos of the harder photographers, it became clear that there is no right photograph without the composition. As I read about the internet here and there, I began to put more emphasis on what was happening in the photo – the content. How something is placed on a photo. The easiest thing that already makes a big difference to a photo is the angle of the shot. Two steps to the right, left, and move the camera up and down, and you will find a much better shot than at eye level

Applying light, a good shooting angle, a third of the rules, patterns, guides with the subject – this kind of balance, harmony is created in the photo. No more trying to get the whole world into one photo, because if too many things remain in a photo, no one else can understand it, and no one else can see what’s being photographed. As everywhere else, there is no need to complicate matters. The KISS – Keep It Simpel Stupid rule works very well.

I have been buying some lenses for my camera and upgrading my tripod selections as the awareness has increased the need to make my life a little easier and better. I’ve purchased some filters and filter holders for myself, but I mainly use Exposure Bracketing, and I’ve used ND filters from the filters, so stop by.

In conclusion, photography has become one of my greatest passions, and the desire to work more closely with it has increased. There is much to learn and hopefully the process and development of self-education will take a long time. To study, to learn and to learn – someone from the past must have said so. Once you have learned it, at least double the attempts, you will also certainly come out with the earliest, the later.

MINUST