Photography Tips (Page 46)

For sports enthusiasts, there's nothing more exciting than sports people playing their favourite game. The sight of the field, rink or golf course initiates the thrill and anticipation. This, combined with digital photography, can provide some amazing photographic opportunities. However it's not a matter of point the camera at the person diving for the ball or puck and snapping away. It's a lot more complicated than that.

Grand Cayman Golf by Fevi in Pictures on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

The camera is one gadget which has helped people preserve their precious memories throughout many generations. If cameras were not available on the face of the earth, then how would we know what our late grandparents looked like? Photographs have helped us remember our family history, especially when we are unable keep in contact.

Ever since the inception of the modern camera, the gadget has helped photographers, tour guides, movie makers, engineers, doctors, journalists and others get a brief idea of what past events or people looked like. Today if you are passionate about photography, you can perfect your photography skills by enrolling on a photography for beginner's course where professional photographers train people to learn the art of photography by conducting photography workshops.

One of the inescapable facts about the photography industry in the UK is that it is unregulated. The end result of this is that anyone, yes ANYONE, can buy a camera, read the manual and then declare themselves to be a professional photographer.

A few hundred pounds buys a flashy looking website, a couple of hours writing populates it with content and a few paid for training days gets you the images to put in it.

There is of course more, much more, to being a qualified professional photographer and one of the things you may look at to help improve your skills, is to join a professional trade organisation.