1. You need Pro Equipment/ Professional Camera to take Great Pictures
2. Technical perfection creates better images
3. You need to carry lot many lenses for photo walk to capture good pictures.
4. Place the subject at 1/3 point – Rule of Third
5. A normal/standard lens is 50 mm as it deliver about the same view as of human eye
6. There is only one correct angle for exposure
7. Horizontal should be horizontal
8. You can’t shoot pictures when the light is bad
9. UV filter degrade the image Quality
10. ISO 200, 400 produces less quality than ISO 100
11. You should always use the lowest ISO setting
12. DPI or PPI affects the viewing size on the screen
13. Less Depth of field means more attractive images
14. You cant adjust the white balance of JPEG
15. You need a commercial product for on – Camera Flash
16. Mirror lock up image improves the sharpness of picture
17. Saving JPEG multiple times degrades picture quality
18. High Aperture is needed to get enough Depth of Field to take pictures of the Stars at night
19. IS Image Stabilization & VR Vibration Reduction be turned off when the camera is mounted on TRIPOD/Mono Pod
20. You need to cover the view finder for night photography to prevent any light leaks
21. Lenses are sharpest at F/8
22. You need more than hundreds of pictures in your portfolio before you show your work to clients
23. You need to go to Exotic location to get the best of pictures
24. The equivalent focal length lens on two different sensor sizes are not equivalent
25. Shorter the exposure time, the faster the shutter speed
26. Different focal length creates different perspectives
27. Tele- photo lenses have a shallow Depth of Field
28. Macro lenses are only sharp at closer distances
29. Wide angle lenses distort the image
30. Larger pixel yield better image quality
31. Center composition is always boring
32. Avoid post processing of your images
33. Always steady your camera to get the best
34. Shooting JPG is just as good as Shooting RAW
35. Digital cameras have a deeper depth of field than the film cameras
36. Medium format lenses have a higher resolution than 35mm lenses
37. Using a TC (Tele Converter) on a shorter base lens should results in different depth of filed compared to using a longer base lens
38. Infrared films record thermal radiation
39. Images are the reflection of truth
40. Autofocus works measuring the distance to the subject
41. Manual mode is the best mode for taking images
42. Never shoot into the sun
43. Digital SLR cameras increase/multiply the effective focal length of lens
44. In the absence of Tripod you can’t shoot
45. Tripod are needed for long exposure photography
46. Once you calibrate the equipment’s you need not to do it again
47. Pro – photographers are better than Amateurs
48. All you need to be successful as a pro is ‘TALENT’
49. You are too old to learn photography
50. Photography is very easy
51. You have learnt everything you wanted to learn, about Craft/ photography
52. Photography is too expensive
53. Being a photographer is a Glamour’s job