• draw up a list If you’re just starting out, limit yourself to a couple of reasonable goals, feel free to push yourself here and really think about what you want to achieve and the kind of photos you’d like to take over
• a scroll through other photographers’ portfolios can be wildly helpful when dealing with a creative rut!
•  It’s about allowing yourself to learn from the works that resonate with you.
• it’s great to be busy and earn a living doing what you love, it can also start to drain your creative spirit.
•  the best inspiration comes from non-photographic activities. That’s why I encourage you to try something that’s creative.

•  the white balance camera settings you should use for consistently good results
•   white balance can instantly improve your shots
•  you can use white balance for gorgeous creative effects in your photos.
• white balance refers to the process of removing or neutralizing color casts in your image.
• different light sources emit light with various temperatures and/or tints.
• white balancing involves carefully adjusting your camera settings or editing tools to counteract these color casts.
• The bulk of white balancing in photography consists of color temperature correction.
• If you want to photograph a beautiful red sunset exactly as it appears to your eye, you’ll need to neutralize any color casts.
• Most cameras allow you to adjust your white balance settings before ever taking a photo.
•  embrace the power of white balance to transform the mood and atmosphere of your shots.
• involves using the white balance eyedropper to identify a neutral tone and fine-tuning via the Temperature and Tint sliders.
• white balance can also be a tool for artistic expression.
•  white balance ensures that the colors in your image are accurate and natural.
• incorrect white balance can lead to color casts.
• white balance compensates for the color casts produced by either color temperature or color tint shifts.
• the simplest indication is when the colors in your image appear natural and true to the scene

JPEG- is smaller file size because of the compressed image detail/quality.

HEIF- are smaller than JPEGs yet offer similar or even increased quality.

TIFF -are they are usually uncompressed and take up a lot of space, but they are a lot clearer.

RAW- Stores all info originally captured by the camera, it is similar to TIFFs, but it cannot be displayed on browsers, you’ll need a special processing software.

DNG conversion does add another step in your post-processing workflow

PNG -they are compressed resulting in the loss of detail for viewing and editing, but don’t require much space even for the higher quality ones.

GIF -they have little image quality but are mainly made for small animations.

BMP-is another lossless file format it was invented by initially for use on the Windows platform

PSD- is flattened This essentially merges all of the layers and it is mainly used for saved photoshop files and projects and open the app.