Shoot, shoot, shoot. Watch your pics and think about what you do not like. And why that could be. Watch as many pictures as you can get access to. Take those you like for a minute (or some) and ask yourself what it is what makes you liking it.
When I started in film times in the darkroom I developed thousends of pics (b&w) and learned much about composition. Great shool! Today it is more difficult. People went outside and take hundreds of pics (without additional costs) and if they got some nice shots, many are happy about their \"excellent gear\". Gear can help to make better pics (or maybe better said more good ones). But it is you, who does the pic and any great pic lives from what the photographer behind the gear saw, chosed, eliminated, created, composed, caught. If you ask yourself what you like in a pic and find an answer, you train yourself without thinking about it to produce what you like.
Reading is a good (first) step. Going out and trying to produce something you have read about is the key to develop your own creativity.
Ralph
Jul 24, 2012 at 10:46 AM
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