The demand to churn out consistently profound imagery can be both exhausting and arduous, but we can’t complain too much considering we are fortunate to have careers that gives us limitless creative freedom. For those moments that you find yourself in an artistic rut, we’ve compiled a list of creative photography ideas that are sure to impress & provide you with a spark of ingenuity.
Pano Stitching (AKA Brenizer Method)
Panoramic images have such a dynamism about them — they hold the ability to capture an expansive space and compress it into a single image. Create high resolution environmental portraits via the Brenizer Method that showcase your subjects and their surroundings. Wide aperture panoramic stitching works best with lenses that give you a shallow depth of field and greater compression. Watch our full course on conceptualizing & executing the Brenizer method here.
Spray Bottle
A Spray Bottle is a simple tool that you would never think to use for photography, mostly because we stay clear of all water whenever given the chance. Spray some water on your lens and you can turn a boring “she’s-all-that” image into “homecoming queen”. You can see it used in action in this behind the scenes clip from our Unscripted series.
Directions:
Spray water on desired part of the lens
Control the size of the foreground bokeh by adjusting your aperture (wider aperture = bigger bokeh)
Make sure there’s no dirt on your lens, because you can scratch your lens while wiping the water off
Mixed Lighting
Although most shooters tend to stay clear of mixing lighting to avoid discolored skintones, the effect can actually increase the quality of your image when done correctly. The trick is to separate the light sources so the temperatures don’t mix, and there is a way to balance the light within Lightroom which we explain in our Advanced LR Processing tutorial via split toning and temperature tuning.
Originally published at https://cakrawala.jingga.net on November 7, 2020.
