{"id":1076,"date":"2016-03-14T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T16:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthiaswunsch.com\/photography\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2016-03-14T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:06:12","slug":"taking-a-good-photo-10-gear-90-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthiaswunsch.com\/photography\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"Taking a good photo: 10% Gear + 90% Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography is a skill based craft. Gear might help you, it\u00a0is your tool and it is the final 10% of an image. But the big 90% are skills\u00a0such as handling your\u00a0gear, being\u00a0creative, knowing how to interact with\u00a0your subject, dealing with tricky photographic situations, and so many more.<\/p>\n

When I got my first DSLR I was lucky enough to have my brother in law borrow me the book “The Digital Photography Book”, written by\u00a0Scott Kelby. It taught me a lot about exposure, apertures, landscapes, portraits, flowers (and why to shoot them as a practice for portraits). But more than that,\u00a0reading this\u00a0book, trying things out\u00a0and\u00a0practicing did influence me in the long run: I knew\u00a0that my photography would get better through learning and practice.<\/p>\n

In this post I want to recommend\u00a0resources for learning\u00a0photography and cinematography that have been the most important to me. Besides those,\u00a0you will be able to find plenty of tutorial videos on Youtube. And there is\u00a0CreativeLive<\/a>: It is is a great resource. You can watch classes live\u00a0for\u00a0free and you can\u00a0buy on demand access, which is still way cheaper than usual workshops.<\/p>\n

Here are my most crucial recommendations for learning photography:<\/strong><\/p>\n