How To Improve Your Photography Skills During Social Distancing?

Adjusting to the new quarantine life can be a challenging and difficult task for most of us. But everything is a blessing in disguise and one of the best things that you can do now is self-improvement. One can use this opportunity to improve your skills and practice in order to take your art to the next level. Here are some ways to develop your photography skills while social distancing.

- Sanchit Mishra

Take an editing course

Post-production is an important part of photography. if you really want to improve post-processing, it is important to learn how to edit the images properly. learning how to use postprocessing software such as lightroom and photoshop will let you to improve your personal style of post processing by trying various editing patterns. there are many tutorials where you can gain knowledge all about curves, histogram, retouching, and colour correction which are available on youtube for free.

Back up your images and empty your cards

this is one thing that photographers never do - backing up the photos. Usually every photographer wants to store multiple copies of images in different places to be extra safe in case they need to retrieve or access the images. free cloud services such as google photos lets you to keep unlimited photos up to 16 megapixels. for better quality images, a photographer can use a hard disk or can go for a paid cloud service such as dropbox. After backing up the photos, always clear your sd cards to have them ready and empty for your next shoot.

Go macro

Macro photography is the art of capturing small things in size larger than real life. If you can’t keep your finger off the camera, you can try macro photography in your home. for best macro results, macro lenses are recommended every time, but even with the standard equipment or smartphone you can capture outstanding photos with a bit of creativity and patience.

Clean your equipment