100 Photography Tips for Beginners (downloadable)

If you’re new to photography, it can be quite daunting. There is so much information on the internet about photography, but a lot of “mis-information” as well. If I started photography all over again, this is the advice I would give myself.

Through my personal journey of photography, I’ve learned a lot of lessons. This list is a distillation of all the lessons I’ve learned so far. None of these are “right” or “wrong” — they are just opinions of mine that can hopefully spark some new ideas in you. Feel free to pick and choose what resonate with you, and throw away the rest.

Table of Contents

Table of Content

1. “When in doubt, click.”
2. Be selective about what you decide to photograph; but once you find something good, shoot the hell out of it
3. Big cameras are overrated
4. Don’t “take” photos, “make” photos
5. Focus less on technical settings; focus more on composition and framing
6. “Set it and forget it”
7. What you subtract from a frame is more important than what you add to a frame
8. The most important question to ask yourself in photography: “Why do I make photos?”
9. Buy books, not gear



10. Photography workshops are a better “bang-for-the-buck” experience than attending photography schools