Being a professional photographer!!?

Question:I have a Canon Camera..

I want to be perfect in taking photos..

How can I be?? I want to learn how to use the camera
perfectly. and also please can anyone give me
instruction of useing it step by step!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have a Canon Camera..

I want to be perfect in taking photos..

How can I be?? I want to learn how to use the camera
perfectly. and also please can anyone give me
instruction of useing it step by step!!

Here are the basics:

1. You should learn the technical aspects of photography and your camera (composition, shutter speed, rules of thirds, depth of field etc), once you understand these you will be able to create better images.

2. Shoot in "M" (manual mode) because you will have more control over your camera and not the other way around. When you are in one of the "Auto" modes the camera will just read the highlights and shadow areas and try to get you a picture. The camera is not smart enough to know what you are shooting.

3. You can start reading all kinds of books on this subject and get information from the internet. This includes web based classes, manufactures web sites to personal blogs.

4. Buy the best professional DSLR camera that you can afford this also includes good lenses. Take out your camera and manual sit down and go over all the buttons and knobs etc.. this is the best way for you to learn what your camera can do.

5. Start shooting with your camera to get practice and from what you are learning from reading and doing you will get better. Practice does make perfect. Take notes while shooting and then look at your photos on the computer find the best one from that set and see what you did to get the shot and why you like it more than the others.

Hope that helps,
Kevin

You answered it yourself:
Quote:
"I want to learn how to use the camera perfectly".
Once you have mastered the equipment, then it's down to whether you have the 'eye' or not. The 'eye' can be taught, so, if you need, take lessons from either someone who knows what they are doing or enrol in classes.
Then ...
Then it gets difficult.
Really difficult.

give up, lol.

you don't even realise that for someone to tell you how to use a camera 'step by step' they would actually have to know WHICH camera it is. you should know how to release a shutter.

you can't be perfect in taking photos. photography is art and in art there is no perfect. and in flaws lies beauty.

read lots of articles and books about photography. learn the theory behind it. then shoot! alot. shoot everything. learn about light, about shadow, about colour.

that's if you serious about it.

being a professional photographer is simply taking and providing pictures for money
having a canon camera is almost meaningless
wanna be perfect then practice for several lifetimes
go to college and take millions of pics
good luck :-)

Your pictures should tell a story.

For example, if you were taking a picture of a breakfast cereal for an advertisement you would not just take a picture of someone eating it. You would take a picture of a cute kid stealing a spoonful out of her dad's cereal bowl when he's not looking because the newspaper is in front of him, for example. A second look at the picture one might notice that he sees the little thief because he has the corner of the paper folded down a bit. A closer look at the photo might reveal a teen son in the background tossing a piece into the air to catch it in his mouth.

See how there would be a story, and different layers to this photo, so that the viewer notices something new each time they look at it?

So before you go near that shutter button, ask yourself, "what story is this picture telling to my audience?" Good luck in your career choice!

The thing that is weakest in the work of most professionals is the absolute basics - I've done seminars for hundreds of them in the UK and this is always what limits people from getting to the top... typically 40%+ do not even know about basic issues like exposure latitudes and the print window.

This is where your efforts will yield most rewards and where you will be able to learn to make and break the 'rules' effectively and creatively.

Two invaluable websites follow - they offer free information. UPDIG is the de facto international standard for image preparation, but the other one is a tutorials website where you want to go first - image-nut. They are free...

Once you've grasped this information you need to practice, experiment and push your boundaries so you can develop as a photographer with a very strong set of skills.