Myths in photography
1. You need steady hands that don’t shake – use tripod
2. Expensive camera body
3. Huge set of lens
4. Expensive flash
5. Studio lights
6. Specialized lens – like macro photography. – use reverses mounting instead
7. Travel a lot – find your own niche
8. Your first photo itself become world hit – click 1000s of photos
9. You should be natural. No post processing
11. I mean you don’t have to be a fatty with a tummy or gym guy or tall or short. All the stereo types you find in movies are just that. You could be thin, fat , short , dark or tall and yet you could be a photographer.
12. Your photos cannot be copied without your permission if you don’t put your signature. if someone needs to copy your photos and use it somewhere else, you have give the license for that explicitly.
13. Copying from professional photographers, these days even amateur photographers add their signatures to images and sometimes it actually distracts you from looking at the image. In your starting days, you may not loose millions of dollars in license contract if you don’t do this. Rather may be people will get distracted, that’s all
What you should actually do
1. Read a lot – books ( from library) + internet / blogs( free)
2. Watch YouTube videos( free )
3. Spend a lot of time on Flickr photo streams
4. Check photography forums