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Almost everyday I recieve messages asking how to improve photography skills or for any photography tips.
Before I ve send list of books that I like... but some people told me - I dont want to read! Just say how I can impove my skills faster and thats all I need...
Hmmm...
Well, I have bad news.
I think best advice that I can give to you - HARD WORK.
I took two photos of the same character, I really like first one when I took it, it was at 2009, and after that I took 115 shoots... Lets calculate. I ve spent around 6 hours each time to take photos. Each shoot have around 9 photos. I ve spent around 30 minutes to edit one photo.
So
115x6=690 hours taking photos
115x9=1035 photos
1035x30=31050 minutes of editing /60= 517 hours

To improve my skills like this I ve spent 1207 hours= 50 days. And thats only practice, btw I also read books and tutorials. (At least 2-3 book about photography, editing, and art in one month).

So, are you think I can give you some nice advice how to be cool photographer in two days? NO. If you want to do something good, you need to work everyday, and you will get big improvement. There are no magical secrets or tips.

Hope it was helpfull enough. (Ok, it wasnt usefull at all, but I hope you will got my idea XDDD)
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~REPLOID Mar 10, 2013  Student General Artist
Admirable~!
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~FaDemian Jan 23, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Awesome !!
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Mood: Love ~c4cosplaygroup Jan 15, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
I used to wonder if I keep practise will I got better even I lack sense of art

until you brighten me by this one.Thank you.

Morever, could you please give me some books you mentioned ? I also love to learn by reading :D

-Kea
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Mood: Joy ~IRISHDRAGON357 Jan 11, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
very nice ^-^"
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~TheMFreak Jan 3, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
*these
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~aussie91 Dec 31, 2012
Do you also make the cloths? I would not worry too much about other people's skills as long as your photos look better
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*Alexia-Muller Dec 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
ахуенчик же!)
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~kattenjadams Dec 23, 2012
Can I suggest you read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield? Excellent book about what it takes to succeed doing, well, anything, from the stand point of the mindset a creator/do-er needs.
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Mood: Love ~Toomarin Dec 23, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
YES! you said it so right! i agree on everything you said. you'll never been to be something, but you have to WORK HARD to be something. :D

i love your work as always and you will always be one of the great inspiration in my life!
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~Pisces-sayonara Dec 22, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yes, I truly agree with you on that.
If one really wants to make good art, one must take the time and effort in doing so <3
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