How to improve my photography skills?

please tell me some techniques in Portrait Photography ,Lighting ,Creating close-up pictures and so on .Thanks!

please tell me some techniques in Portrait Photography ,Lighting ,Creating close-up pictures and so on .Thanks!

the fastest way for humans to learn is structured learning in schools - the are popular world wide,

so if you want to learn well and fast goto photography school or do a night course one night a week

you want months learning in one answer, learn about key,fill and backlighting


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You want the lighting to be from behind you or from one side of the subject. Try not to put/have the lighting in front of you because it will distort the image and the color. For close-ups you need a certain close-up lens or adaptor on your camera in order to get really close. But some DSLR camera are allowing people to get pretty close but for a box Digital camera you generally aren't going to be able to get that close.
If you want to improve you photographic skills you need to start taking pictures everyday. Shoot a thousand photos and then sit back and take a look at them and see what works and what doesn't work, then take another thousand. After that all you have to do is take some photos everyday.

Practicing ,Experience,take up Photography Exam.About Portrait Photos,you need to use bounce flash with Lightsphere,if you seen a higher ceiling you need Chromedome ,so that it will give you the best results or using Studio Lighting.Creating close-up photos, you must have +2x to +10x filter to get closer to the subject ,also you need a tripod for stabilize your camera and flash.

I would recommend you always attempt to keep the eyes as sharp as possible. Use smaller apertures (something like F8+) and a tripod if at all possible to maintain sufficient depth of field so that the entire face is in focus, unless intentionally wanting to induce blur caused by wide-open apertures. Learn how to properly use fill-flash to limit excessive contrast. If you are using a DSLR, set the contrast to low, with sharpening off. These things can always be added later in editing programs while too much contrast or an over sharpened image may as well be tossed into the recycle bin.

I think u must study in photography.........you will learnmore there............................they are professionals and they have an different useful techniques about photography.....

Antoni is 100% correct. We attend school for math and science and history. If you want to really learn photography take classes. If there are none available where you live, check The New York Institute of Photography (nyip.com). They offer correspondence courses and have been in business since 1910.

I often recommend this book: "Object & Image: An Introduction To Photography, Third Edition" by George M. Craven.