I picked up photography a few years ago and started by watching a TON of YouTube. Started off with Peter McKinnon before moving on to people with less “rock star” vibes about them, and have found that if you stay away from the click bait videos, there’s a wealth of information out there and a lot of it is helpful.
Watching videos isn’t going to make you a better photographer but I found some people I liked and tried to mimic their style or do the tricks they recommended and it helped immensely.
I actually enrolled in SNHU last year for an AA in photography in an attempt at upping my game but found that I learned much more from the YouTubers than just doing the required reading and turning in an assignment. Not to say the school structure won’t be helpful to some but I think as someone who also most likely has ADHD (undiagnosed) it’s much easier for me to watch a 10-20 minute video then slog though textbooks of light theory then take 20 photos of some apples on a table.
I picked up photography a few years ago and started by watching a TON of YouTube. Started off with Peter McKinnon before moving on to people with less “rock star” vibes about them, and have found that if you stay away from the click bait videos, there’s a wealth of information out there and a lot of it is helpful.
Watching videos isn’t going to make you a better photographer but I found some people I liked and tried to mimic their style or do the tricks they recommended and it helped immensely.
I actually enrolled in SNHU last year for an AA in photography in an attempt at upping my game but found that I learned much more from the YouTubers than just doing the required reading and turning in an assignment. Not to say the school structure won’t be helpful to some but I think as someone who also most likely has ADHD (undiagnosed) it’s much easier for me to watch a 10-20 minute video then slog though textbooks of light theory then take 20 photos of some apples on a table.