Fallen out of love with photography? Perhaps you need to change how you take photographs and what you photograph. Try these four different ways to mix up your way of photography.
Tag Archives: photographic techniques
Beanbag
In praise of the humble beanbag! It’s an affordable and portable photographic accessory for when you want to support your camera for longer shutter speeds and don’t have your tripod with you.
Photographing the over-photographed
How do you photograph something that has been photographed many times? Here are a few ideas.
Journal
Keeping a journal of your photographs can slow down how you photograph, engage you with your subject and makes your photographs more real.
A photo a day
Throughout 2023 I have been trying an experiment – to take a photograph every single day. We are halfway through the year so how am I getting on?
Tripod
Today I praise the humble tripod. For many photographers a tripod can be cumbersome but essential to keep the camera stable. It can also be used to slow down your photography and become more in tune with your subject.
Holidaying at home
It’s easier to take photographs on holiday when everything is new and exciting but how do you replicate that excitement when you are not on holiday?
Making photographs
I am always fascinated by the process of photographing; why I photograph and what actually goes through my mind as I choose to take a particular photograph.
Decluttering
Everything the photographer sees through the viewfinder becomes a part of the photograph, including “clutter”!
Space
A photograph is an artefact – a flat four sided piece of paper or image on a computer screen. How do you work within those constraints to depict three dimensional space?