Steps to becoming a great photographer

I wanted to make this like one of "those" "10 steps" "100 ways" "101 ways"..etc., but then giving it a thought I guess there are so many steps into being a photographer....a GREAT one I mean.

As a FIRST step you need to carry a camera with you all the time. You never know when or how that moment will come up. I have had times when i have felt "Oh Gosh wish I had my camera with me!!!" A moment lost can never be captured again.....Now I always carry my point and shoot with me and also use my phone ..these days camera phone are no less. I do a lot of clicks with my 3.2 megapixel camera phone, which actually comes in handy.

Secondly CLICK!CLICK!CLICK! that's the mantra to great photography. Out of at least 100 of pictures I click, I only like a few. Not all pictures you click will be a master piece. You need to experiment with your shots - Do things you think you would not do. Take a picture a day!Be it the trash can...the spoon on your plate... the flower on your dresser..anything...just take a picture.

And please understand that constant everyday shooting will improve your photography. They say practice makes a man perfect!!!!

Look at other peoples work...notice their style...just don't admire their work be a critic....Visualize what way you would have done it... copy the picture in your mind and think of ways you think it would be a better shot.

Get down to where "they are". When you are photographing people or pets try to get an eye contact. The eyes speak a lot. It also makes people feel that we are at the same level as them.