The deadly virus caged us at home all over the world and people are really worried about financial problems all day long. People of all ages are taking extra precautions to prevent the deadly virus by avoiding socializing. But people need to find a way to deal with ample and boring time to stay both mentally and physically fit.
So, the professional and amateur photographers might use the time to upgrade themselves and use this time as a golden time for learning different aspects of photography at large. He or she may concentrate on things like improve efficiency, photo post-processing, updating digital marketing strategies, and a couple of other helpful photography tips and tricks.
Managing your equipment: We all know that the camera is made from metal and there is a sheer chance of getting rustic if we don’t clean it properly. So, cleaning camera lenses and gears is crucial for the long run. The other thing one can do is set up a proper studio for photography purposes. This is the right time to organize your place, make a new setup, and clean up every corner of the place. You can also organize your photos and files according to the category and the client’s need as it helps you to meet the deadlines quite easily.
Improving your photography skills: Since you are always busy with photography, this is a great time to increase your knowledge by reading books, articles, or even watching vlogs to know the unknown parts of photography.
You can follow great and worldwide renowned photographers to get ideas from that photography and also use the internet to gain knowledge about different photography tips and tricks. Also, you can use social media to follow the great photographers and follow them to know more. You might also get knowledge about the photography genre. You can also get acquainted with a micro, fish-eye lens, and 360-degree photography by this time at your own will.
Check Out Virtual Art Galleries: You can easily visit virtual art galleries with the help of the internet and Google Arts & Culture collaborated with over 2,500 museums and art galleries to make famous cultural institutions accessible at the comfort of your own home. There are many online free exhibitions that you can go to to learn more about your photography and to judge your work.
Join Online Photography Contests: There are many online photography contests is going on all over the world and you may submit your old and recent photos, depending on the rules of the contests, and it will be fun to see others work from abroad photographers. Who knows, you might be lucky to get a price and certificate and most importantly to learn and know more about photography.
So hurry up and join the photo contests online and submit your photos which you think are the best work of yours. Apart from the prices, it is one best ways to show your photography and creativity to the world.
Grow more Online Presence: You can increase your presence in social media with your photography page on Facebook, Instagram account, website, flicker account when almost everyone is literally at home, killing time on social media.
You can post a series of photos that describes your photographic talent. To learn how to use the following social media platforms to reach the most possible clients quite easily.
Learn How to Process/Edit Your Own Photos: As a professional photographer, one should learn different ways to editing photos. The two most professionally used software name given below.
Adobe Photoshop: The world’s best photo editing software and mostly used for professional output. But before using the software, you will need proper patience and practice to acquire the knowledge of Adobe Photoshop’s pros and cons. There are many online platforms where you can find learning tutorials for free and also there are paid online courses where you can learn it professionally with a verified certificate.
Adobe Lightroom: Adobe Lightroom is also famous for photo editing. It has many templates which can be used easily for product photography editing and final touch. You can easily retouch your product with the help of this software.
Alien Skin-Exposure X3: this unique professional software features cutting-edge creative tools, stunning special effects, powerful organizing tools, and intuitive design into a fast, reliable RAW editor and many more things that you will need to product photography editing.
Be Funky: The free version of this app gives you almost everything you need to edit photos. Moreover, you can upgrade and get frames, effects, collage templates, and more stickers for $4.95/month.
Pixlr: Pixlr is recommended for beginners and it requires flash player to run the app. Once the app is opened, you can easily edit or manipulate pictures quite easily.
Pic Monkey: If you want to overlays and adding text to images, then pic monkey is there for you! It has vast storage topics that you need to edit photos but when your free trial is over, you’ll be paying $7.99 a month.
Canva: It is mostly used for creating social media posts and very famous worldwide among social media users. It’s free going editing tools will make you feel like a pro when you are working with the app. In the free version, you will get limited templates for photo editing. But if you want to work with it professionally, you’ll be paying $12.95 a month.
Crello: It’s the other version of Canva that anyone can use for photo editing. Its trendy and different templates will lure you to work with it undoubtedly.
iPiccy: It’s an easy web-based picture app tool but for that, you will need a chrome extension and flash app. One can use it to edit photos, share, and even print photos.
Snappa: Another easy-going, cloud-based graphics editor that will give you over 600,000 images and 5,000 templates. But unfortunately, you can only download 5 images for free of cost. You can avail of the professional outcome at the cost of $10 to enjoy unlimited images and lots of templates.
Now let’s talk about the professional software that is mostly used to edit photos all over the world.
Monetize and Sell Your Photos Online: you can sell your photos on your official Facebook page or even on different platforms. Categorize the photos systematically so that it will be easier for clients to choose which photos to purchase.
Plan out Your Next Project: During this covid 19 time, all you can do is the plan for the next project and take proper preparation according to it. Make notes to make a proper plan and try to execute it in near future.
