Photography Tips & Ideas?
My friend and I just recently started taking up photography, and have been told our pictures are pretty good. We were wondering if anyone had any or a lot of ideas to help us start out? For example, little kids blowing bubbles, just cute picture ideas or prop ideas, remembering though, we are not getting payed, so all ideas must be cheapish (not cheap looking). Also ideas for improvising things such as backgrounds, etc. Plus, we already know, sheets as backgrounds, pictures at parks, etc, try not to share the common things, we are looking for somethin unique. (:
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A great book to read is 'Digital Photography Masterclass' by Tom Ang. In it he takes you through each different aspect of photography including depth of field, aperture, ISO, composition, white balance etc. and then sets you a project at the end of each chapter. It's great as these things then stay in your head.
A good project to try is to go out and photograph the alphabet using the abstract shapes that you see, not letters on signs. For example, X might be the middle of a gate. You and you friend could do this as a competition, then compare the different results you get. This is great for learning to see things from a different perspective - an art that is difficult to acheive but will stay with you once learnt.
Another idea is to find a scene that you think looks good on camera. Then stay there for an hour or so and capture whatever or whoever enters your frame. The results can be quite surprising and satisfying. Below is the link to a book I did covering the opening of a deli. Many of the pictures are of the store front, doing a similar thing as I've suggested.
I hope this helps and good luck with your endeavours...
A good way to build experience is to not only shoot different subjects, but take different kinds of shots. Try taking short exposures of someone jumping, splashing water, or tossing something. Try long exposures of running water, nighttime scenery, or moving cars. See what looks good in black and white, or what doesn't. Experiment with your ISO and aperture and see how they affect your noise and depth of field. Try macro shots of tree bark or dew on a flower. There's no better way to learn than to discover something yourself, and with every new method you try, you expose yourself to new problems and tactics. Set a goal for yourself--find an interesting photo on the internet and challenge yourself to figure out how it was taken. Once you start off this way, I promise, you'll NEVER run out of ideas for things to shoot.
Good luck!
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