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This is exactly how I would start photography from zero and the best way to learn from 2023 onwards. After 14 years of experience, I went through many mistakes. So you don't have to. 😅
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What’s your favourite way to learn photography? 😍📸
Lol... from you, of course! 😉
@@tob357 🥺❤️ Thank you! :))
By doing it
I think watching someone like yourself who has started at the bottom and worked up is really important. 'Hope' is what beginners need and to see that it is possible to have success after starting from zero is really encouraging.
Manual lens and doing street photography
I studied photography in a post-secondary education university for which I also paid much money! Believe me when I say that I learned so much more by watching youtubers' videos like yours, the Bite Shot(Joannie), Peter McKinnon, Chris Hau etc! In the two years studying at the university, I learned only 40% of the photography! And also, I didn't have from them, a real support in what I wanted to do which is Travelling Photography...So yeah....I totally agree with you, bc I've learned so much about the thing I love the most by all of you...and I still am! And also, this video is an oportunity to test me again on portraits, so thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Alexander this is an amazing insight! Thanks a lot for sharing it as I’m sure it’ll help others a lot. 🙏🏼 I couldn’t agree more with you. I’m so grateful for TH-cam as well because I learn every single day from my favourite creators. Love it! ❤️
So excited to know that you’re giving portrait photography another go! 😍 Keep it up! Big hug Alexander! 😊📸
I’m inspired needed this
@@LauraBC Thank you again!
As i said, you all really inspire me to move forward and not letting ME down, bc you know, as many people, i also have my doubt moments in if i'm good or not! And every time there is doubt, there will always be a video by one of you, which will make me say "ok...we don't quit alex...we try more...."! So thank you again for all the help all of you youtubers give to us through your experiences you share here!
PS: i didn't realise i have written "there" instead of "university" when i said that i learned only the 40% of the photography, when i was at that university...
I corrected it 😁
the bite shot is such a good channel
@@thomclhn4591 they all are AMAZING channels with exceptional work and tutorials for everyone who wants to learn photography and how to make a living out of it! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
You almost made me cry 🥲 Your video just gave the greatest motivational boost even if I am pushing myself everyday in my photography! You answered perfectly to each questions that I was asking myself. Thank you so so so much for this!
Loved your channel Laura! After a decade I have started back with Photography and grateful to have found your channel. Thank you for explaining everything in your videos in such detail and it is very helpful in the learning journey. Great work!
Thank you for such valuable advice, Laura. You're definitely right, photography is intense, it comes from within.
You are the best one to give advice about starting photography! And appreciate it so much that you made this video 🥰 Thank you so much!
I have just started seriously at photography this year and it was always been my hobby to take photos of everything that attracts my eyes.
Will be looking forward to your next uploads 🙌
Thank you Laura, glad I came across your page. So happy to hear you have found your passion and are HAPPY, that is everything.
Out of all the videos I watched , this one is the one that stuck the most! I love how you explain everything and share your own experience. Great video
This was the most motivating video I ever seen. I'm 23 y.o. guy from Slovakia, living already a year in the Netherlands. I am excited about photography since I was kid, and finally a year ago bought my first DSLR camera to learn photography. I spent all my saved money to buy my first beginner DSRL, and since I have it I try to get better and better. I always shoot for myself, but since I bought a better lens for my camera I got more and more enthusiastic about photography. I get more motivation, trying to learn more and more by watching videos and photoshoots, analyze myself what I have to improve, and this is the way how I get more and more excited and motivated. Watching your videos, got goosbumps all the time, because I felt your energy how you giving us your thoughts and experience of photography. Thank you for this! I really love it, you give me more energy and even more motivation about photography, and promise I will improve myself to be a good photographer
Laura,
Your remarks are a spot on and great .
I'm strictly amateur and never new how important black and white pics are .
Keep doing a great job 👍
Hey! I'm also a graphic designer and after 3 years freelancing i'm adding photography to my freelance business. I've been shooting pics for 25 years and have never had the confidence to step out there. Everything you say is spot on. Do what makes you happy and succeed at it :)
I am so glad I have come across your channel. Really needed to hear all that! You have inspired me to move on. I have been into photography for over a year❤
Loved hearing your story - so inspiring that you’ve been in the field for 14 years! 🎉
Hi Laura,
I just started watching your videos and following you. Thank you for your great advices. You are inspiring with your story, experience and work. I have always loved taking pictures but I just started getting more into it, editing landscapes and street photos. I just love it. ❤ I live in London as well and I am always disappointed with the rainy weather. But as you said, a great photos can be done. Every weather and season can bring its own beauty.
Thank you☀️❤
Omg I’m glad I founded you here. You just make open mas eyes a little bigger and believe on my self. I’m a very social person and I love photography I’m very starting my business and I’m very excited about it! ! ❤
i’ve procrastinated with photography for the longest & your videos are amazingly motivating laura. gracias💗 por tu transparencia y amor.
Thank you for adding value to my life.
This was absolutely encouraging.
I needed this.
Thank you ❤❤❤
Absolutely, experience is everything and should be ticket to any job. I’ve learn so much on TH-cam and by purchasing tutorials. But, most importantly you never know everything, constant shooting is the best way to learn. I love your channel.
Thank you for making this video. Too many other TH-camrs are just focused on gear instead of motivation, technique and other subjects in photography.
I studied Photography at university some 16 years ago and I must agree with you. At that time there was no accessible way to obtain knowledge like nowadays since youtube had barely any good content and most techniques (I mean mainly retouching techniques and some tricks with digital cameras) that are used now were not even invented. So university was the best way to learn. Now with so much content on youtube and other places I would not recommend it. After a few years of hiatus due to various reasons I now try to refresh my skills to try to get back into photography again and I learned more from youtube videos than back then in my university.
your video has helped and inspired me so much! I am a 16 year old studen and i really want to be a photographer but I didn’t know how to start but now I know thanks to you! I really want to learn and practice more and I’m sure your videos will help me and inspire even more💗
This is why I follow you. You are real. Thank you so much.
Love this video! Love that you're from Spain too, my son lives in Madrid. Your video really inspired me to go start practicing. Gracias!!
You are amazing!! You really help starting photographers like me!! Definitely following you!!
Love this style of video! Thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you! 🤩
Your videos are inspiring me so much, learned so many things in such little time. Laura eres magnifica!
Laura, you are setting people free! The terminology and theory can be overwhelming and discouraging at times! It’s good to hear from a veteran that we don’t have to be fixated on that. It’s good to learn but not to beat yourself up if your learning style for this stuff is a bit different. Blessings!!
So genuine woman you are! Loved your video! I am starting photography as a hobbie, want to make some money later, but yeah, like you said I wanna focus on enjoying it and learning about it! Thanks for your video it blessed me so much! Awesome testimony for all that you went through! God bless ya! Keep it goign!
tks for breaking everything down. you express everything so well... thanks
You're the best! You can't imagine how much you are helping me! I am studying the second year of Photography and don't feel confident with my English language. I have many challenges to cope with.
Hi. I'm 57 years old now. I have been taking photographs since I was 8 years old. My first camera was a kodak with disposable square flashs. They came in 5 or 8 in a box. It was fun. In 2004 I took a photography course. I just wanted to just to learn new things. I already knew everything. They didn't teach how to shoot photography. I already knew this. I have a certificate on photography. I'm Puerto Rican. I use my photography on graphic designs art work for my books. Photography has opened many doors for me. I use it to create my art work for my music albums as well when I'm releasing new music. I do a lot with photography. The possibilities are endless.😊
I really like a quote one of my photography teachers told me back in the 1980's, "You are your biggest fan". Thank you for your great videos!
Amazing vid, I've managed to find much inspiration and thank you very much for doing that for me! 😁
I have some experience with cameras as I've worked as a photographer for a local media station and I learned stuff about cameras being there. Now I want to do it as a hobby with my new digital camera and have so much more to learn so I'm happy I came across your video and channel!
Hi laura.
I am about to start photography.
And this video was soooo helpful.
Thank you❤❤❤
Great video Laura - Thank you for sharing your experience. Your fight and determination is always an inspiration!
Thank you so much Paul! ❤️ 😊
@LauraBC just starting to take photography seriously as a hobby and loved this video
Hi Laura, I am new to your channel and I like your practicing approach to what we have to focus on : Us, our knowledge & experience. Feeling the mood of the moment is key too, I can not agree more (if no mood, no good shots). Super video. Thanks.
Laura, Great advice, thank you for sharing...you are 100% on point.
thank you so much your advice , i'm just excited with my new journey for being a new photographer
Great info and amazing story thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your sharing, I am inspired by your photography and your content is very helpful too 😍
Your words are so heartwarming 🥰
Oooh wauw. You have such a heartwarming personality. I just started out learning photography and editing with skillshare actually. Will definitely watch more content of you. 😊
Hi Laura, I am a graphic designer as well who is living in a foreign country and getting stuck in my career but I've always had a interest in photography. I am really looking to switch my career slowly to photography. Been watching your videos and you are so inspiring!! Thank you so much for all the advice!
Candid. Energetic. Fluent. From the Heart. Gracias
I just randomly discovered your channel. I like your energy. I'm a semi-pro photographer who's been doing it just for fun for 30 years. I have done paid work such as weddings, portraits and etc, but only when I am asked. Soon I will be creating two photo businesses, and the reason I have confidence to do that, is because of what you said; don't get caught up in the technical aspects, just do it. I paraphrased a bit. I do like the technical side too, but clients and friends don't care about that, just capture the magic by simply doing, and that will teach you far better than all the technical book reading.
Thank you for the advice I did invest a lot into gear but now i will invest my time in learning. I do want to make money eventually but i really love taking pictures its therapeutic for me. You are doing a great job with giving us your advice.
I needed this. Thank you sooooo much
I enjoyed this 😊 just starting out as a hobby. Im an electrician but wanted to do something completely different that I swore that ill never get into. Bought a basic entry level camera Canon EOS 700D and hopefully good vibes here on out!
Thank you very much for telling this. You’re my inspiration
Thank you so much Laura for your hrlpful advice. For 3 years i have been trying with books and seminars fron internet to become a good amateur photograpfer because i love photography.
thanks for the motivational boost
This solved so many of the questions I have been facing for months! Thank you so much, Laura! Lots of love♥
Are you trying to be a professional photographer too?
Teach!!! Love it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I travel a lot and take photos of everything 😂 They're actually quite good and I'm going to make a proper hobby of it. I'm so happy I've found your channel ❤
Thank you from an absolute beginner x
Cool advices, mainly the last one i need it) Thank you, Laura!
So good explanations. I'm started lately and this was best teaching for me so far😀🤍. Thank you. Regards from Finland.
i am literally starting from zero, but always wanted to pursue it, so im now starting to. thanks for making this video
This is probably the best beginner photography advice on TH-cam I've ever seen.
Great video @Laura ,amazing content ! 👏💯
Thank you so much! You are amazing!
Just take it easy, love what you do, dont be afraid to make mistakes and gain more experience.....
Invaluable tips! Thank you from this newbie!
I love your no BS approach.
this was so helpful ! thank you truly
Thanks for all your tips. This was a good video for beginner photographers like myself.
Thanks 😊. I needed to hear that.
this is one of the best videos I have seen since I started my photography journey. You literally covered all my insecurities in 14 minutes. Thank you!
Same here! I feel heard and understood 😅 I was so frustrated with myself last night because I was trying to edit a photo on a program I’ve never used before. The photo wasn’t sharp enough (first time working with shallow depth of field) so I was trying to sharpen some areas and it just was not working for me.
Her saying PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE is actually making sense in my small brain lol
I knew my shutter speed wasn’t high enough.
I’m glad I have another practice opportunity this coming weekend (gender reveal).
So far, I found that I love shooting close up portraits AND editing them doesn’t feel like a chore.
You must be one of those students who is more interested in the life stories of the teachers than actually learning.
Thank you Laura❤❤❤❤
Watched a video of urs, last night. Love the way u translate. Subbed
Great video! One trick that worked well for my pizzas at home was turning the broiler on for the last few minutes before putting the pizza in and turning it back to 550. Super heats the steel for a the perfectly crispy bottom while cooking the pie in the perfect 4-5 minute mark. Great looking pie man!
I love this Photographer, she gives great advice and she is very pretty.
You are 100% right Laura.Street is the best teacher. 🖐🤠📷
Thank you Laura! I’m glad you added video here and not only photography.
You inspired me to even to better with video with learning more from my creators and now from you as one of them🎥
P.s. your English is SUPERB! WoopWOOP!
Laura, i like your advices)) and thank for so nice energy.
Congratulation! I Agree!
Hola guapa! I stumbled on your videos this morning and even though I’m not a beginner, I’m subscribing for your great energy and maybe I could learn one or two things. Also because I love your accent! 🤩🧡
Love your channel so much! I've learned so much from you about how to start my business and now its happening! Thank you for being you!!
Thank you so much Hannah! 😍 This means a lot and it makes me so happy to know that my videos are helping you! ❤️ Big hug! :)
@@LauraBC Big hug right back!! Appreciate you!
Loved your video. Thank you for sharing these thought.
Hola Laura! Your video is really helpful and has really good advice! I've been practising photography since 4 years ago but only with my analog camera. Right now I'm getting into digital photography to actually be able to practice as much as I want (specially since film rolls and developing films became really expensive in Chile) so yea, I agree totally: Commiting mistakes with analog photography IS really expensive haha
Saludos desde Santiago!
Don't think I would argue with a word in this advice. I'm a Londoner too, and totally agree with your approach
Muchísimas gracias 🙏🏾 Laura ! Greetings from Barcelona ❤
Keep up the great job. You inspire me alot
I loved this video! thank you!
You are amazing. Love your video.
Every art discipline is same in the core, they can teach you how to use tools but in the end you have to take your own path. If you want to paint, creating sculptures or be a photographer, you dont need school , you need only your own desire for art.
so many thanks to you and you words during all your TH-cam career!So informative for anyone...from the beginning to higher levels.
Hope one day to meet you in person here in Italy!
Ciao!
F.
😍 You’re most welcome Francesco! So nice to know that you like my videos and find them helpful. 🥰 Big love to Italy! :)
You are so right, i went through a whole course that cost me a fortune and honestly didn't learn as much as i have learned on youtube and creator courses.
eres la mejor! en verdad, amo tu canal.
I already subscribed to the channel, because I understand you so easy, as you speak English with a Spanish accent .
you're right about studying at the University. I taught lighting to some students that had degrees in photography from college
You’re awesome. Thank you
you have such a cool look and voice. great stage presence.
Subscribed! I am planning to take photography to the next level this year. Need to start selling services! And build a media production company. Your channel came at the perfect time!
Holla Laura x Very good advice!
I've been studying photography alone for the last few years I want to say maybe three or four. And I hate to say that I started to lose passion with it, not because money was the main objective but because I truly love it. I guess I got stuck in the same old routine with it but just now watching this has brought new inspiration into my life. I can honestly say thank you because I really needed to hear all of this. From this day forward I'm going to experiment a lot more with different kinds of photography and not just sticking to portraits like I have in the past. I now know and see the importance of experimentation, after looking over your work it fills me with joy.
You made my day with such meaningful words. So happy to know that this video helped you to find that inspiration again. I know how hard it can be sometimes. Experimenting is a great way to fall in love with photography again and again in infinite ways. 😍 Keep it up! 🥰❤️📸
Where do you study it at?. And honestly can you break down what you mean by study?. I find it hard to study the subject of photography in the literal word sense because it’s all so subjective.
I completely agree! I taught myself how to be a graphic designer. I don't have a four-year degree in graphic design, but with perseverance and dedication I was able to learn and grow. I am now managing a team of designers. I'm still learning in this field of photography, and I know I can learn even more by watching TH-cam videos, trying out various shots, and listening to professionals. I'm loving everything I've discovered by experimenting with my camera settings.
Hey Raica, your journey is really inspiring, Congratulations on that and all the best on your photography journey. One question though if you don't mind, What is your favourite way of learning graphic design on your own as a beginner
@Kiev Kelvin Thank you for your question. When I was a beginner, my favourite technique to learn graphic design was to see how other pros did it, to learn from your mistakes, to perform self-study, and to be curious about how to do it easily. I want to work smartly, not hardly.
@@raicabardophotography Thank you so much for taking your time to reply to this Raica, if you don't mind me asking, are there any pool of free resources you can point someone who'd want to embark on the same journey? Maybe TH-cam channels, blog posts, anything at all. If there is I would really appreciate it. Thanks
@@raicabardophotography Thank you so much, this really means alot🙏
Im in a similar situation. I taught myself graphic design and iv worked at amazing agencies with large clients. But honestly Iv always really wanted to be a photographer though, iv just been afraid to start.
TH-camrs like you Laura are really life savers. You have been really inspiring me since I came across your work on Vero. I am in the initial phase but I feel very stuck often because of not getting enough opportunities to get shoots. I think that's where I am going wrong. Focusing on money rather than the craft. I will try to improve my craft even more now. To be a good photographer. I really want to market myself and work with brands and individuals as well but I often get very stressed as I am not able to do that. Where I live in India, it's quite a task to make a living through Art. Harsh truth but it is. I think It will take some time and I will make it eventually.
That’s exactly what happened to me when I first started. I fell in love with it and then I did my first wedding and then after that I started getting money hungry for it and lost my ways in the craft.
Thank you!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼