I can tell somebody's a beginner photographer

I can tell somebody's a beginner photographer in about 5 seconds and here's how a lot of the time beginner photographers will spend too much time focusing on how to take the image and less time thinking about what the actual image is what the actual image is let me explain a lot of the time beginner photographers will think about all these different settings and technical aspects of the image itself what shutter speed what iso what aperture what lens to use what focal length what my camera settings are all of those things and yet all of those things and yet they're not focusing on the real important thing they're not focusing on the real important thing and that real important thing is the actual image and the world around you is the actual image and the world around you as a photographer whether you are on a controlled photo shoot set where you are obviously there to take images of something or someone or you're more of a photo journalist where you're just out taking let's say street photos in a busy urban centre you're not focusing as much on what the actual image is and what the world is what what is happening in the world around you you're thinking more about what is actually going on in your camera what is actually going on in your camera so if you are a beginner and this might be you what I would urge you to do is to take less time worrying about is to take less time worrying about what the actual camera settings are all of those technical aspects of the image and spend more time worrying about what am I actually capturing worrying about what am I actually capturing what does The world around me want me to capture. Think about composition, lighting, timing. I have a whole video I just posted about this. Think about all those things and spend less of your energy focusing on the settings. and spend less of your energy focusing on the settings. The settings will get learnt just through repetition and just through putting reps in and taking more images. You will learn, although aperture, shutter speed, I so, but you will never learn how to capture but you will never learn how to capture emotive and impactful images emotive and impactful images of the world around you or of people or of things or of people or of things if you're stuck on those settings. if you're stuck on those settings.