Can photography be learned or is only a talent?

lol not talented at all. take some pics and that's it. as long as you can press the button you should be fine.

lol not talented at all. take some pics and that's it. as long as you can press the button you should be fine.

Get a DSLR. Take a photo. Upload it on Tumblr. Bam you're a professional photographer.

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I assume you're joking, there's far more to photography than that, if you're serious about it that is.

In answer to the OP, if you're particularly keen on it, certain aspects can be learned and improved yes, but only to an extent I'd say. I think the best photographers will have some natural talent, flair and an eye for picking out the perfect photo or perfect composition, and while I'm keen on photography myself, when I look at others and their photos, I sometimes feel there's something that others have got that I haven't quite got in terms of creativity. Though I'm certainly working on it.

A good eye for imagery helps, but the actual skill of setting a camera properly can be learnt.

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I think both, my school is allowing photography as a GCSE and some of the pictures they take are awesome!

You just point and click.

What's not to get?

I guess I should change the title from just "photography" to "good photography". I'm talking more than your usual family photos and the "chilling with my friends" photos.

Exactly my thoughts! The only problem is I give up too quickly.. my father is an amazing photographer (not just according to his daughter's opinion! He is a professional one) and when I look at his photos, I just think, "How and where the hell did he find this?!" He encourages me to try it, too and I generally take OK pictures but when I try to do some serious shoots, I get like 10 good pictures out of 100. I think I just take some good pictures when I don't pre-plan it.. maybe I don't even have the eye for it. It might be because I think i'm not bold and imaginative enough. I really like street photography but again, I think i'm not bold enough to do it. I try to tell my father this but he still says that isn't true and you can learn it if you try. Hence, this thread!

Its the same as almost anything 90% learned through hard work and practise and 5% natural talent, 5% luck. Top work will encompass all of those things.