There are countless technical skills that photographers pick up over time, such as exposure, composition and post-processing. But the single most valuable skill I’ve learned isn’t about settings or gear – it’s learning how to read a photograph.
Not just appreciating an image, but really decoding it. Understanding how it was made, how the light is behaving, what the focal length is doing and why certain decisions work. Once you can break a photograph down, you can start to replicate what you admire – and eventually, adapt it to make your own.
