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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Rod Lawton

I'm not sure we should share our photography secrets, and I'll explain why

Photo editing.

I sometimes think there are more photographers on YouTube than there are people to watch them. They’ve all got free advice (well, maybe sponsored, or with ads, or with links to their paid-for preset packs) about how to achieve amazing effects with your camera. This is all great, right? A bottomless resource of expert advice, often extremely good, and given freely. How can I possibly object to this? How can I possibly suggest they shouldn’t tell people their secrets? How mean am I?

But let me ask you a question. Do you think photography is best driven by uniqueness or conformity?

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