{"id":9864,"date":"2022-08-08T07:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/10-professional-photography-tips-guaranteed-to-make-your-photos-amazing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:15:15","slug":"10-professional-photography-tips-guaranteed-to-make-your-photos-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/10-professional-photography-tips-guaranteed-to-make-your-photos-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Professional Photography Tips To Take Better Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You love photography, right? You snap lots of life’s memories to cherish, enjoy and share with friends and family but how do you ensure you’re capturing the ‘type’ of photos you want?<\/p>\n

Thankfully, photography is subjective and very personal – one type of shot will work for certain situations (or people) but not in others, which is great… but also tricky!<\/p>\n

Recently, we had a good old natter with our close friend, Robert Gershinson – who is one of those amazing professional photographers<\/a> that has managed to make his hobby a career.<\/p>\n

Robert took a moment out of his busy shooting schedule to help put together a guide to understanding the best ways we can all improve our photography skills and muster up that pro-photo beast that’s within each and every one of us!<\/p>\n

Who is Robert Gershinson?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Robert is a London-based photographer and video director who has photographed a whos-who of musicians: Alice Cooper, Spandau Ballet, Florence + The Machine, Everything Everything, Foxes, The Treatment, Culture Club, Royal Blood, Vintage Trouble, Haitus Kaiyote and oh so many more.<\/p>\n

He also blog and podcasts under the banner SHOOT FIRST TALK LATER<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each guest sits for a portrait session, photographed by Robert. When not pointing his camera at people, he can usually be found at the cinema or burying his face in a variety of comics.<\/p>\n

Take a look at some of his top suggestions below.<\/p>\n

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Things to consider before we start<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The camera is merely a box that you let light into. The light travels down the lens, passes a shutter (more on that below) and hits a digital sensor that records an image.<\/p>\n

Aperture (Av):<\/strong> The is the size of a hole (usually at the back of the lens), that allows light into the lens to hit the sensor. We measure the Aperture in f-stops. Take a look at this info-graph.<\/p>\n

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The smaller the f-number, the wider the hole – (yes it seems a little backwards) – so obviously, the wider the hole, the more light entering the lens. This is why your camera will call Aperture \u2018Av\u2019 – aperture value.<\/p>\n

Aperture also controls the Depth Of Field (DOF)<\/strong><\/p>\n

DOF is essentially how much of the image is in focus. The wider the aperture (smaller f-stop number), the less of a DOF you have. So in the info-graph above, an f-stop of 1.4 means the background will be super blurry. And vice versa for a narrower (i.e. larger f-stop number) aperture.<\/p>\n

Shutter Speed (Tv):<\/strong> So aperture controls how much light enters the lens, shutter speed controls how fast that light enters – this is why shutter speed is often known as \u2018Time Value\u2019, hence \u2018Tv\u2019 printed on your camera dial.<\/p>\n

Watch this 20-second video:<\/p>\n