I’ve been practicing photography for just over a year now. I have found, that my favorite thing to photograph is nature.
Nature is everywhere, which means that there’s a subject for someone to photograph no matter where you are. Nature can even be found in a big city. There are grass patches and trees which could allow for a great nature photograph.
I live in a woodsy area which is probably how I began to love photographing nature. I find it very relaxing and on a nice day, it allows you to spend some time outside.
In my opinion, I think that if more people take the time to go around outside and take photos, they will learn a new appreciation for nature and its beauty. They will also gain more respect for the world and will hopefully take efforts to preserve it by not trashing the planet. Imagine taking a great photo but then seeing a McDonalds cup photobombing your sunset.
Photographing nature is also a good way for beginner photographers to learn their way around their camera. We have no control over the lighting outside which is a good way for beginner photographers to learn how to adjust the ISO and aperture. Learning how to control these allows us to understand how to control the lighting in our photographs for the best results.
The next thing that nature photography allows us to learn are the different focusing techniques. Flowers are a great subject to learn focusing on because if it’s a calm day, they don’t move on their own. A still subject is the easiest to photograph.
Lastly, I believe nature photography is the best learning technique because we can learn how to control the shutter speed. The shutter speed is how long a cameras shutter is open. A faster shutter speed will allow us to photograph moving things without them being blurry. There are so many moving subjects in nature that we can experiment with. Such as a bee buzzing around a flower.
There are many different ways to learn photography but I found capturing nature as being the most helpful. So why don’t you try it out today?
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