Tips and Tricks
Look to the light.
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From 20 Ways to Make Better Photographs
Expose for Aesthetics
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After:
From 20 Ways to Make Better Photographs
Change My Perspective by Changing Yours
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From 20 Ways to Make Better Photographs
The tips I tried are all from the book by David Duchemin, 20 Ways to Make Better Photographs.
The first tip I tried throughout this week was, “Look to the light,” which is demonstrated by my photos of the geometrical shadows of the sculpture in my room. As I played around with light and resulting shadow, I realized that one of my favorite and most powerful sources of light was the lamp in my room. By angling it in certain directions, I could create faint or bold shadows that could amplify the lines created by certain objects in my room. Light has become a tool that emphasizes dimension in my photos.
The second tip I tried throughout this week was, “Expose for Aesthetics,” demonstrated through my photos of my fake succulent and Birkenstock shoes. Throughout my time trying different filters and apertures on photos, I realized that tweaking the photo through lighting, shadow, filter, etc. made all the difference. The color of the before photo is rather mundane, so, by changing the coolness of the photo, and the highlight, I made what feels like a warm, nostalgic photo of something as simple as shoes, showing depth through the plant. Filters have become my new best friend in photography.
The last tip I tried was, “Change My Perspective by Changing Yours,” demonstrated through my sunglasses’ photos. The perspective demonstrated in the first photo shows what the inside of my room is to the naked eye. However, by taking a photo through the lens of the sunglasses, pointed towards the lamp, I created the effect of looking towards the sun in the midst of a summer sunset. Even though the photo was taken indoors, it portrays what it is to be outdoors. I discovered that I can warp the perspective of the photograph viewer simply by warping the perspective of the photograph itself.
I tried many other techniques and tips suggested by 20 Ways to Make Better Photographs but these tips really stuck with me and created, in my opinion, really cool, elevated photographs.
