After feeling a bit “out of the zone” yesterday, juxtapositional compositions came to the rescue. Just find a great sign and wait for the right subject to come into frame. They are a staple for a lot of street photographers – although it takes a fair bit to add enough to the composition to […]
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Abstract Buildings
Look for abstract shapes and compositions amongst buildings all around you.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Capture Motion
Contrast motion with a stationary subject.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Roll Down the Window
Catch a cab or get your “signigicant” other to drive you around. Roll down the window and shoot what you see.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Focus is Over-rated
Don’t sweat achieving sharp focus. See what happens.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Any Perspective Except for Head Height
Take a relatively everyday subject and shoot it from a perspective that you would not normally see. Most photos are taken from “head height” – our whole lives play out before us from this perspective. Change it up by getting high, low, left, or right of where you would normally see a subject from.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : People at Work
Look for people at work.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Fight Urban Monsters
Find ordinary machines and objects, and shoot them as you would a monster.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : Hide the Horizon
Create an abstract using a recognisable subject by completely removing any reference to the horizon. Start with buildings and develop from there.
Continue readingIdea Prompt : No-Face Saturday
Sometimes you don’t need a head or face in shot to create interest.
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