I’ve been doing photography since I was 12 years old. My uncle lent me his Minolta full manual film camera and he taught me how to use it. I studied photography by reading encyclopedias, going to the library and asking tips from professional photographers. One thing I learned from this non-digital era was respect: respect for the process of photography and respect for other photographers.
When the digital age came and made photography available to almost everyone, a lot of good things happened and equally even more bad things resulted.
Invasion of privacy, the rise of the elitist “photographers”, the flood of malicious people using photography to achieve their ill intentions, and many more side effects came about. But what really irritates me these days is the loss of respect for others and the increase of wannabe photographers who doesn’t practice the simplest of courtesy and respect of others, photographers or otherwise.
I’m listing here the pointers that I believe every beginner photographer should learn and practice. I have to emphasize that these are my opinions, and you are entitled to your own. I won’t force you to follow them, because I respect your decision/opinion. If you do follow them, thank you.
So here it is, in no particular order:
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