FotoPony
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(I'm new to the forums but amazingly horrible at introductions. So, my first post will be a question!)
I love taking photos of animals in my spare time and have recently become the main photo-taker for a local horse club I'm in. It's subtle dream of mine to be an equine photographer, or to go around the world taking photos of wildlife and be able to have them published in magazines. Maybe even make a little income off of something I love to do. But like I said, that's a dream.
I am a very novice/beginner photographer. Some of my shots I am personally fond of, but mostly I stay in the lovely "Auto" or "Program" mode. I get the basics of shutter speed, aperture size, etc but am having difficulties getting good results when I play with these settings myself. And my camera is in no way special; It's a Canon PowerShot SX20.
So to my question: What is it that makes a photographer successful? Is it the equipment they use, their knowledge of what to do to get the special shot, the tricks they know, or the outcome?
I love taking photos of animals in my spare time and have recently become the main photo-taker for a local horse club I'm in. It's subtle dream of mine to be an equine photographer, or to go around the world taking photos of wildlife and be able to have them published in magazines. Maybe even make a little income off of something I love to do. But like I said, that's a dream.
I am a very novice/beginner photographer. Some of my shots I am personally fond of, but mostly I stay in the lovely "Auto" or "Program" mode. I get the basics of shutter speed, aperture size, etc but am having difficulties getting good results when I play with these settings myself. And my camera is in no way special; It's a Canon PowerShot SX20.
So to my question: What is it that makes a photographer successful? Is it the equipment they use, their knowledge of what to do to get the special shot, the tricks they know, or the outcome?