I'm starting a photography class, it will primarily be published on my personal site, and will probably add it to my wiki once it's done, but I'll also post it over here.

Photography 101

Class 0

>Genesis

How to become a photographer: start taking pictures.

Use whatever you have, an old smartphone, an ancient digital camera you found at a thrift shop. Doesn't matter, to get better, take a bunch of pictures, then take some more.

Whatever camera gear you use is going to have limitations, but those limitations will be your greatest ally once you learn the ins and outs of the camera.

Creativity and vision are what produce beautiful photos.

It is the struggle of the photographer trying to express that creativity and vision that sets apart a beginner from a pro.

Every pro started out as a beginner, but never gave up.

The 1000's of hours of pain and frustration of figuring out how to use the camera to express what they were aiming for, forged a photographer.

So just start. And struggle. Take garbage photo after garbage photo.

Celebrate the successes, which will be so few at first, and more often mistakes than truly intended.

But eventually, the successes will begin to outweigh the garbage.

The junk becomes the exception, triumph becomes the rule.

But only if you begin.

So get that camera, go on the hunt for beauty, indoors on a rainy day, outdoors when the sun is out.

The neverending quest for beauty is our birthright. Claim it, and never give up.

Source: https://davidbaunach.com/#photography