What do you want to learn this year?

Do you think you know it all? Want to learn something new this year in photography? Tell us about it.

I want to learn how to use a tilt/shift lens on a SLR. Used this method with a view camera, but never got good at it. Want to learn how to effectively use one of these to enhance my photographic knowledge and abilities.

I want to learn how to "see" a good photo like the fine folks on this forum. I can go someplace to shoot and know there's a photo there, but I just can't "see" it.

I am way behind on learning Lightroom and HDR so i'd like to take a shot at those.

I have been studying composition and will continue through this year. End goal is to learn to simplify.

Bill Brennan

Previsualization. If you got it, you're special to me.

Ansel Adams has been a big influence on me and I plan to study B&W more earnestly. I'll be taking a B&W printing workshop from George DeWolfe, a student of Ansel Adams and Minor White next month.

Hey Ken, thats a good thing to learn! I think its a 'rite of passage' to learn essential BW techniques and and breathe in those chemicals. I have a zone system book that I highly recommend for any fine art photographer, named Beyond the Zone System by Phil Davis.

[1] multi-shot techniques. I've gotten decent at stitching for panoramas. Now I want to work on multiple shots of a single frame for exposure, or for focus blending, or just for different effects within a single image.

[2] weather predicting, or at least trying to develop a better sense for guessing where the clouds and light are going to be interesting.

Multiple shots for focus blending and star trails/Milky Way shots.

I just broke my back/arms/ribs in a snowboarding accident last week. Up to this point I've been mainly focused on backpacking into lesser known areas for my images. I've had a lot of time to think this last week as I've been stuck in bed and since I won't be able to any do any backpacking at all, or even hiking for that matter for the next 6 months, I'm looking forward to trying to find ways to make more common scenes interesting to myself. I was down for a while but now I'm seeing this as an opportunity to learn.

Jeremy, i hope and pray that you heal quickly and keep a good attitude to support the healing and your activities.

I finally went 100% with digital this past year. I have the hardware purchased for processing and need to focus on the hardest part for me which is the Software.

I'd like to make some decent video clips and time lapse to continue building motion and dynamic images into multimedia. I also want to learn as much as possible about our relationships to the land, what makes us Westerners.

I want to learn to see the world through Jesse Speer's eyes from time to time, to see those comps that my often-too-obvious brain overlooks.

I too would like to be able to 'see' a bit better than I do. Actually, a whole lot better would work, too!

I'm trying to get away from all this boring landscape stuff and pursue my true calling--photography of the female figure...

I tend to see compressed, telephoto compositions much better than wide angle. This year I plan to work on my wide angle compositions with a new 17mm TS-E lens.

I'm not looking to learn so much as I'm trying to break bad habits. Foremost is "trophy image" hunting. "I'm going to Moab and I'm going to get a great shot of (fill in the blank)" Less trophy hunting and more seeing.