The second important thing I learned was how to effectively use lightroom to greatly improve my photos. This involved getting rid of distractions, frame the photo better, bring out detail, and bring out the colors that get lost sometimes in the raw image. Knowing the rules of dominance really helped with this. I did a blog post that shows comparisons and goes more into this, linked below.
My final takeaway was not something directly taught to us in class, but something I discovered while trying to get 25 photos I like for my final in this class and looking at my classmates' photos. This is the fact that you can get great photos with a limited ability to travel, both because of money and available free time. I used to think to get great shots you need to travel to some amazingly beautiful place, but I realized that is simply not true. If you put some thought into what you shoot, frame it properly, edit, and use some creativity you can make some good pictures. in your local area. My photo, which is below, I believe is an example of this. For this, I just drove a little south of billings, stopped my car and took this photo.
