Get out taking photos more—but take fewer photos

Send us a textSo you are in a museum or an art gallery. Or some other similar place. It is lovely and quiet, with nice low-level lighting and local lights highlighting all those fantastic exhibits. The whole place has been carefully designed with a bespoke lighting scheme.And you see something really cool that you would love to photograph. What do you do?Look is what you so—no more. Do not take a photo. Do not start popping your flash gun. Or the flash-type thing on your phone. And in this very ranty episode, I tell youWhy you should not use your flash in an art gallery or museumWhy is using flash a waste of time anyway?I ask why everyone is photographing the same thing at the same time.Why you should stop taking photos of everythingAn alternative plan to stop this nonsenseI also tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos (just look)What I doAll explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in (much) less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textCamera lenses are optical and engineering marvels. Camera lenses must be treated with care and respect when used, stored carefully and regularly maintained and cleaned. Take good care of your camera lenses, and they will take good care of you for years. In this episode, I tell you.What needs protecting in a lens?What gear can help you look after your lenses?How you store lenses.How you clean lenses.How to safely change lenses.How to safely use lenses.I also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?How I look after my lenses.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid.Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textThere are so many lenses out there. How can you possibly know which lens or lenses will help you? Relax – I have got this covered.Lenses on cameras give photographers options. To understand how lenses can help you take better photos, you need to know what you want to photograph, how you want to take these photos, and what you want your photos to look like. Once you know these things, you can find the lenses that work for you and look into the wonderful world of lenses.In this episode, I tell you.Where do you start with this?How I ended up with the lenses I haveHow the lenses I have help me to take the photos I needI also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?What I do. Or did.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid.Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textA listener asked me to do an episode strictly on lenses, so here it is. If you want me to explain something, just hit the “Send us a text” link on the podcast feed, and you can have your own almost personalised episode of the podcast. How utterly splendid.Lenses attach to cameras and focus what you point your camera at onto the camera sensor. So, lenses are quite important in photography terms!In this episode, I tell you.What are the main types of lenses?What focal length is (quickly).What aperture is (not as quickly).What does this stuff all mean to you?I also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textOK, I have spoken a lot about taking better photos. But in the final episode of this series, I tell you what you need to do. Yes, dear listener, it is time for you to start your journey to take better photos—which we all want to do, right?So this is what you do. Start with choosing your best 20 photos. Put them in a safe place, be it a folder, album, or even a pile on the floor. But start with 20 photos and go from there.Simple eh?In this episode, I tell you.How to get down to your best 20 photos.How this will help you.How you can keep improving your image capture.Why simply thinking before taking a photo is such a powerful tool.I also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textTo be the best at one photography thing, you must decide what that one photography thing is. This is how you can find your perfect photography niche.Trust me, I have been there. I used to photograph everything and anything for anyone and everyone. I was all things to all people. And what was the result of that? I was all over the place and not very good at anything. Sure, I could take a decent standard of photos, but that was all—good enough. And I wasn’t improving; I was staying average at lots of things.Does this sound familiar to you? Are you constantly trying different things but not progressing? Are you wondering how to improve your photography?If you are, you are in the right place.In this episode, I tell you.Why choosing a photography niche will help you to take better photos.How you can choose your very own photography niche.And what you need to do next once you have done this.I also want to tell youWhat if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textGet out more and take photos, but take fewer photos. This will help you take better photos. Getting out more and taking photos gives you lots more opportunities to create new stuff. But don't try to create too much new stuff, or you will end up with lots of average photos that you do not have the time to do anything meaningful with.And none of us want that, do we? No, we don't, Rick.In this episode, I tell you.·         Why getting out lots taking photos is good for you.·         Why getting out and taking lots of photos is not good for you.·         What you can do about it.·         What if you use a phone to take photos?·         What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textAre you taking loads of photos but not getting great results?Are you spending forever on your computer trying to find decent photos to edit?And are you taking hours editing average photos and wondering why they are not turning into great photos?Relax – I can help you with all of these. In this episode, I tell you.Fifteen things that you can do that will help you save time.Fifteen things that will change what you spend time on for the better!Fifteen things that can help improve your photography.How and why this stuff really works.What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textPhoto editing can be daunting. Knowing where to start can be challenging, as can knowing when to stop! But don’t worry, I can help you. I can tell you what you need to know and do.And how you approach editing is crucial Editing for me is all about enhancing what is in a photo that you have taken and no more. Yes, that is all editing is to me, making the best of what we have captured.In this episode, I tell you.Why you should be picky about which photos you edit.How to start editing.My editing workflow – very briefly.When it is ok to remove stuff from photos.Why you should not spend forever editing photos.What if you use a phone to take photos?What I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick

Send us a textA great way to get better at photography is to learn from other photographers. There are loads of great photographers out there and loads of great photos. But where do you start?This is where I can help you. I will tell you ten photographers from whom I have learned. This is your starting point. There is another photographer that you can learn from.You, dear listener. Yes, you.In this episode, I tell you.How you can learn from other photographersThe ten photographers that I like and have learned from myself (to get you started)How you can learn from your photosHow getting a critique of your photos can help youWhat if you use a phone to take photosWhat I do.All explained in plain English, without the irrelevant detail, in less than 27 (ish) minutes!What is not to love? How utterly splendid. Support the showGet your question answeredThis is what my podcast is all about, answering your photography questions - just click here. Not only will I answer your question, but I will also give you a lovely, big shout out, which is nice.Find out more about the podcast on the Photography Explained Podcast websiteAnd find out all about me on my photography websiteThanks very much for listeningCheers from me Rick