Yesterday’s Topic: Look At The Light
Building on yesterday’s concept that you need to look at light differently, today’s post in the 31+ Days Of Photography Experiments series is fun but challenging.
While yesterday was all about looking, today is about doing.
Here’s the experiment you can run:
1) Go take 10 pictures of the same object. Make sure each picture is different in some way.
Done!
Simple!
Wait until you try it.
These ten images can be in different light (meaning you can move the object) or they can be from different perspectives.
The object can be small or large (got a 747 in your backyard? You will have an easy time getting ten images out of that!). The important thing here is for you to think about each shot. There is no grade for this experiment so cutting corners only hurts yourself (yes, I typed that in a second grade teacher voice). Be creative!
Some things to look for? Try adjusting your aperture to get a different depth of field. Get close and go wide angle. Zoom in for minute detail. Use the Rule Of Thirds. Or throw it out the window and place your object on the edge of the frame.
Experiment, have fun! Then post your results on the web some place (blog, Flickr, etc…) and link to it from here for us to check out. I’d love to see what you shoot!
If you need some inspiration, I took the challenge myself and grabbed an apple. By the way, I suggest not grabbing fruit, because if you want to re-shoot something you might have already eaten your subject, speaking from experience.
Tomorrow’s topic: Composition – Rule Of Thirds
31+ Days Of Photography Experiments is a series written by professional photographer Peter West Carey on The Carey Adventures.Com. The series is designed to unravel the mysteries of photography so you can take better pictures through practical experiments on the material found in 31+ Days To Better Photography. Subscribe here to receive all the updates and bonus material. Your comments are always welcome.
OOOhhhh, seeing your pictures made all the difference. I was going to do the one subject from different angles. Once I saw your example I got it :-). Now …. what to pick? …..
Am loving this feed btw…. can’t wait to get my teeth into the experiments. Thank you.
Ally