{"id":1416,"date":"2017-11-28T03:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T03:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2017-11-28T03:40:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T03:40:39","slug":"camera-never-corrected-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kgphotoworkshops.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/28\/camera-never-corrected-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"That Camera Never Corrected My Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I learned photography some 40 years ago using a Pentax KX 35mm film SLR camera. By today&#8217;s standards, that camera was so VERY simplistic.\u00a0 No auto focus.\u00a0 Manual exposure system.\u00a0 No fancy TTL flash capability.\u00a0 Being a film camera, you couldn&#8217;t just change the ISO from shot to shot. It was pretty &#8220;limited&#8221; in features.<\/p>\n<p>I was able to create some great images with that camera and many rolls of Kodachrome 64 slide film, but it FORCED me to learn photography in the process. If I messed up, it was pretty unforgiving. I had to learn techniques that would ensure I created great images otherwise I was just wasting film. (And as a college student at the time, I sure couldn&#8217;t AFFORD to waste film!)<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting back on my early years in photography, I am realizing just how grateful I am to have learned &#8220;back in the years of film.&#8221; It really forced me to <strong>pay attention to what I was doing, and understand what was really happening inside the camera<\/strong> if I wanted to improve as a photographer. From all those lessons learned, it made me a better photographer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You don&#8217;t really need\u00a0 a &#8220;fancy&#8221; camera to create great images.\u00a0 You need to know how to use the camera you have now.\u00a0<\/strong> I encourage you to take the time to really dive into this fun and amazing world of photography, beyond just shooting in one of the many &#8220;automatic&#8221; modes available today that allow you to create a photograph without even knowing what you are doing.\u00a0 While that WILL yield good results from time to time, sometimes totally accidentally, if you want to <em>consistently<\/em> create great images, take the time to learn all the features of your camera as well as the important fundamentals of photography.\u00a0 That is a much better investment than just going out and buying a new camera.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Picture Taking,<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Gourley<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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