Pursuing a career as a professional photographer

I’ve always been a creative individual and enjoyed expressing my creativity in various ways. Putting pen to paper and writing poetry, drawing and painting trying new techniques and styles, sculpting and photography.

During my art GCSE and A-Level I developed my photography skills. I found photography a very enjoyable way to express my creativity. I loved trying different cameras, modes, experimenting with lighting, using varied subject matters and looking at different setups for scenes. I thoroughly enjoyed black and white photography and found developing my own photographs in the school’s dark room an exciting and memorable experience.

5 common tips that all photographers should know

Becoming a photographer isn’t just about pointing a camera in a direction and clicking a button. There is so much more to it than this. Something that many photographers will soon realise. 

So, what are the basics of being a good photographer? There are a real wealth of top tips that you can try out for yourself, 5 of which we have put together in this post. 

Learn the basics

Whilst sometimes getting the perfect shot can be more luck than anything else, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t worthwhile trying your best to learn the basics. One of the best ways to do this is by taking a photography course. Photography courses online will not only help you to figure out some of the essential elements of taking a photography course, but because you can study them in your own time, you can still work, as you learn. This is ideal for those that are looking to change their career and become a photographer. 

Social Media and Marketing for Bloggers survey

Over the past few years social media has become integrated into my daily life. My first dalliance with social media was way back when MySpace and MSN messenger was all the rage.

Then Facebook entered my life. At first it was all about catching up with old school friends then when I became a pregnant and then a mum it was a gateway to a group of fellow mums who I could chat with who were friendly and supportive. Living away from family it was also a way to share with loved ones pictures and stories of our family.

Creative writing & NCC Home Learning competition

Having been a bookworm from a young age with a love of the written word, it is no surprise that as I got older I developed a love of writing. When I was a teenager I started dabbling with writing. I’d spend hours writing short stories, poems and songs.

I’ve always found writing to be relaxing, a lovely way to be creative and it can also be very cathartic. My love of writing is what inspired me to start this blog.

Whilst I love writing and adore my little space of the internet here where I can write about anything and everything as well as writing unpublished posts galore, I often wish I had more time to write creatively. Thanks to a hectic life I just never seem to get the time to sit down in peace to write poems, songs and stories as I used to. I miss writing where I can let my creativity shine. I often have ideas of stories to write and lines of poems popping into my head, but I never seem to have the time or energy to do much with them and actually put pen to paper.