10 No-Nonsense Tips On How to Become a Better Photographer

If you’ve been dreaming of making photography your full-time occupation, photographer Scott Robert Lim has some no-nonsense, sugar-free advice on what it takes to become, not just a better photographer, but a great photographer who can compete in the landscape today.

The video above, a snippet from a CreativeLive course on lighting that Lim gave, is called Go Big and Go Home, and it’s a motivational kick in the pants that can just as easily depress you as fire you up — it’s up to you how you want to react to what he has to say.

Lim’s delivery isn’t going to appeal to everyone, and some of it feels a bit like a CreativeLive commercial, but if you feel like too much of the “how to make it in photography” advice out there is sugar coated, this short presentation might be for you.

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