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New Year Resolution for Photographers in 2017

Last Updated on December 31, 2016 by PixelPluck

New Year Resolution for Photographers in 2017

New Year 2017 is here and everyone will start afresh. A new year is like a new beginning for many of us. People make resolutions for new year only to un-follow it few weeks later. As a photographer we don’t care about ‘resolution’ as anything above 10 megapixels is more than enough if the quality of lens, sensor and processor is good. Jokes aside, Here are 5 new year resolutions that you should stick by for the entire 2017 and beyond as a photographer. New Year Resolution for Photographers in 2017.

  1.  Learn 12 new photography techniques: There are a lot of tricks in photography that you may not be knowing or never tried. Learn and perform at-least 12 new photography tricks in 2017. It may be anything from levitation photography to taking macro photos with reverse lens. Search for new photography tips and tricks online and you will come across many. The best part is while searching you will come across many new things that you may have never seen before. Learning by exploring and doing is the best method.
    Read Photography Tips and Hacks.
  2. Do a photography project: Choose a theme or use your creativity to shoot photographs for the entire year on one particular theme or subject. At the end of the year you will have a fantastic portfolio and you will see how you have progressed throughout the year. It could be based on a color, pattern, theme, subject or any trick.
  3. Stop hating photo processing: Photo-manipulation and photo-processing are completely different. Photo-processing is absolutely ethical. Back in old days photographers used to work in darkroom with various chemicals to develop their photos. The same process has evolved to digital platform just like we evolved from film cameras to digital cameras and smartphones in coming future. It’s all part of evolution and we must embrace it gracefully. Lightroom, Photoshop, Snapseed all are becoming user friendly and are not rocket science.
    Here is a goldmine of 145 photography apps and tools.
  4. Go back to film camera days: It may be cumbersome to find a photo processing studio if you try to shoot on film. For those who want to get the feel of what it was like to shoot on film may use instant Polaroid cameras. They are relatively inexpensive but will give you a completely different feel as you will get the prints instantly. You can shoot instant group portraits or go professional and shoot landscapes and portraits. Beware that it will test your limits and creativity as a photographer. The quality may not be on par with the modern day DSLR cameras but if the compositing is good it will surely create instant impact on the viewer.
    Check out InstaxMini Polaroid camera.

    New Year Resolution for Photographers in 2017
    your photographs deserve a better place than your facebook wall
  5. Take prints of your best works from 2016: We all create so many amazing photographs throughout the year. It may be a masterpiece for us or just an instant of time in the memory from the past. Take printouts of your best works and get them framed. Put it in your drawing-room, living space or hang them on the staircase. It will make your living space beautiful and will inspire you to create fantastic memories and photographs for the entire year. It is also a way to showcase your work to the visitors.
    See Printers here.

Bonus: Stop thinking and start enjoying photography. No photographs are good or bad. If you think it is a good photograph then it is a good photograph. Opinions from second person are only their personal taste and perspective. We all have unique perspectives and it is very individual thing. This is what makes us all special. Ask for critics but don’t let anyone judge your work. You are only as good as you think.

From our entire team at PixelPluck, we wish you a very happy and bokehlicious New Year 2017.
Happy Photographing. Cheers.

Sonal Kashyap

Founder @PixelPluck . Photographer, Traveler, Dreamer. Connect with me and my work on Instagram here 

 

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One comment

  1. I loved the 3rd point. There is so much hatred for post processing of image. You rightly pointed out manipulation and processing is 2 different thing, one should understand this.

    Nice article. Thanks for sharing

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