Photo How To

We've been featuring several basic tutorials for beginning photographers recently and here's another good one, this time from Dean Tucker, a photographer and filmmaker from Cape Town, South Africa who's now living in New York City. In the below video, Tucker shares five simple photography tips for beginners.

"If you're a beginner starting out, like most people, like me, I didn't really know what I was doing at the beginning," Tucker says. "I didn't really know how to use the camera or the best tips and tricks to go about doing it. Hopefully this video will answer a few of those questions for you."

Here are Tucker's five simple photography tips and tricks for beginners:

1. Don't feel pressured to shoot in manual

2. Learn composition - Rule of thirds and negative space

3. Find good lighting - Shoot at golden hour

4. Shoot in Raw

5. All you need is a camera! nothing extra.. just have fun!

So, check it out and don't forget to visit the visualrev YouTube channel for more helpful photography videos from Tucker. And if you're a beginner photographer looking for more guidance, watch this tutorial on how to shoot in your camera's manual mode.