Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Abdelrahman Wael asks Gary I’ve been getting into photography and content creation recently. What are some of the biggest tips you can give me?

Content creation generally and photography are two very different things. The rough rule of thumb for content creation is that the more of it you do, the better you get. This is something I’ve experienced firsthand with this podcast and with my photography. I did hundreds of podcast episodes and took tens of thousands of photos to get to a point of competence. As for photography, the main thing I recommend at a meta level is to practice using all the buttons and dials on your camera and to get to know what they do. Know how to adjust your aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and know how each one will affect the image. Depending on your camera, there might be certain setting that you can set to automatic, or at least let the camera determine within certain parameters. Beyond that, you just have to practice. When I was traveling, I had the good fortune to take thousands of images by visiting photogenic places around the world. You need to get out and shoot, and do so in a very deliberate fashion where you are identifying your weaknesses and trying to improve them.