Always learning

It’s #TravelTuesday and I, Dave Williams, am here once again! I write today from the valleys of North Wales where I intend to spend a couple of days geeking out and taking photos of low flying military aircraft (because I’m an “avgeek,” if you didn’t know) and that’s all part of my plan to reinvigorate myself by undertaking a personal project. Anyway, that’s not what I’m going to write about today. Let’s get into it.

I want to make one solid point today. As photographers, we cannot underestimate the value of constantly learning. Take a look at your favourite “all-star” photographers and you’ll find they are all constantly learning. The quest to better yourself as a photographer falls down to learning, learning, and learning. There are so many fantastic resources out there. Take a look at KelbyOne for instance and you’ll see what I can only describe as an absolute plethora of content that’s geared to providing the maximum learning opportunity to us all.

Reading books, watching YouTube videos, listening to podcasts, reading tutorials in magazines, attending workshops and conferences, whatever method works best for you, I implore you to please do it. I mentioned that our favourite photographers are constantly striving to improve, and this is absolutely true. You’ll find Scott at workshops, and you’ll find me studying books, you’ll find Kaylee Greer diving into webcasts and literally, every KelbyOne instructor will be doing something similar because we cannot possibly teach you if we aren’t up to speed ourselves. Here are some of my favourite resources: –

I mentioned KelbyOne already, so here’s the official lowdown: KelbyOne is a collective of absolute legends in photography and retouching, and with no holds barred, they share their skills and knowledge with one aim – to help you.

YouTube channels including PixImperfect, Photoshop Training Channel, and PhotoshopCAFE are all great places to learn about how to retouch images in Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe apps. Knowing how to do this stuff after we’ve taken our photos is really valuable.

I could spend a long time telling you about books, but I’ll simply say that reading any of Scott’s many books will help with learning if old-fashioned paper is your method.

Honestly, learning is critical. Learning can be the difference between us being booked or not, or between us selling images or not. It’s the difference that’s going to help us succeed in photography, whether that’s personally or professionally, and we must never underestimate the power of learning.

Much love
Dave

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