To be honest with you, I’m surprised that people know so little about these particular photography techniques.
With a little practice they’re not even difficult to implement at all. Not to mention changing things up always makes things fun.
Zooming While Shooting
A way of getting a sense of movement into your images is to keep the camera still but to zoom in or out with your zoom lens while actually taking the shot.
While panning injects a vertical movement into shots – zooming gives your shots a dynamic 3D look and feel.
Combine this with slow sync flash (see below) and you can achieve some pretty special results.
Slow Sync Flash
This is a great technique for lower light shooting conditions where there is ambient light that you want to capture in addition to a subject that you’d like to light up with a flash.
Experiment with front or rear curtain flash for different impacts.
Move your Camera
Every good photography course drums into it’s participants the importance of keeping your camera absolutely still while shooting to ensure fantastically sharp images.
Of course sharp isn’t always what you’re after and one way to add motion into your shots is to experiment with moving your camera while shooting. Here are a few ways to experiment with:
- panning– a technique often used in sports photography.
- rotate– ever whirled a child around you? why not do it with your camera and take a shot mid whirl.
- camera throwing– not for the faint hearted – this technique involves a long shutter speed, setting the self timer, throwing your camera in the air just before the shutter is released and a safe pair of hands. It’s ‘extreme photography’ and can result in stunning shots (like the one to the right which was a camera throw shot in front of a computer screen) – as well as the need for a new camera.
Infrared
Infrared photography is an art of it’s own and can create some amazing shots (black skies, white trees, dark eyes etc).
Not all cameras can capture infra red light (although many can) but check your manual to see if yours is one of them. If you’re in luck grab yourself an IR filter which cuts out non IR light and start experimenting. Because these filters block out a lot of light you’ll need to use longer shutter speeds, probably will want to use a tripod and should select faster ISO settings.
Get Up High – Monopod extenders and Kite Aerial Photography
On the other end of the spectrum to getting down low is to get your camera up high and shoot down on situations. One fun way to do this is to attach your camera to an extended monopod (or a tripod), a long shutter release cable (or a wireless one if you have one) and start shooting.
This will help you to both photograph things up high (street signs for example) as well as to help you shoot down on scenes that you’d never have been able to see from above before.
This is particularly fun with a wide angle lens (a fish eye can be even more fun)!
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