Welcome!

Greetings! Welcome to the introductory post of a blog that I hope will be extremely useful to everybody. We Learn Photography has been born out of the idea that there are many people at various levels of learning and wanting to learn more about photography, make great photos, and keep their inspiration going. This blog hopes to aid in that adventure! In addition, our goal is to keep information flowing on a consistent basis, so that many can use this as a resource for reference and inspiration.


We will be bringing you content 3 days a week, all year round. Each day we aim to bring you insight into different areas of photography. The following is a breakdown of how we will be posting:

Monday: Photography 101 -Photography 101 will focus on the basics. Our goal here is to start off the week with some tips and ideas to get your photography improving. We will do our best to keep this day dedicated to educating specifically with techniques and tips for growing your photography skills.


Wednesday: Inspiration- We believe that one of the best ways to learn and improve your photographic eye is by looking at the work of other photographers and artists. These posts will be aimed at providing our readers with other photographers and artists, or even art work that is inspirational to us (and hopefully, you).


Friday: Reader Q&A- This day is reserved to answering your questions. Each week we will try to answer a question or two that has you stumped, or perhaps just an opinion you'd like to hear about a photography topic. We will most-likely get lots of questions, so don't feel bad if you don't see yours right away. Sometimes we may lump several related questions together. In any case, if you have a question, please send them our way and we'll try to answer them for you.

So there you have it! All of this content and information will be flowing regularly. One of the ways that you can help us is to tell your friends and family who would be interested in photography. Now here's your first tip to get you started: Go take some pictures!

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