Friday, 31 March 2017

Stunning Examples of Shadows in Photography

Shadows

Shadows can make quite an impact to your photographs; they may have hard shadows with repetitive  patterns that makes them look abstract, or cloud shadows over a landscape that can give a strong emotional appeal, or just simply a shadow of a person or tree.

The great thing about shadows is that they can be taken either with the main subject, or just on there own.

Below, I’ve chosen some of my favourites from the creative commons on Flickr.

 

Shadow of  mount Evans in colorado by Zach Dischner

Shadows of transparency by zeeweez

Shadows on the deck at sunrise by Melissa

‘Obligatory artsy shadow photo’ by Incase

Car shadows by Clearly Ambiguous

Discovering her shadow by Just Taken Pics

Cool Shadows by thisreidwrites

Angles, lines, light and shadows by Kevin Dooley

Tree shadow on a brick wall by Suzie T

Casting a distorted shadow in Prague by davidnikonvscanon

Stolen shadow by Pierre Bedat

Shadows on the green by keepwaddling1

Light and shadow by jenny downing

Me and my shadow by Stewart

Shadows on Caldaro by Jon Shave

Image by mikebaird

Image by Pink sherbet photography

Shadow by elif ayse

Shadow by Jim Sneddon

Shadows by Inoc

Shadows by Phillie Casablanca

Hot air balloon shadow © A Webber


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Featured image by Fields of view

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Thursday, 30 March 2017

A Beginners Guide on How to Photograph Flowers

Vibrant colours

With all their vibrant colours and various shapes and easy access, it’s no wonder that flowers are a popular choice for those who are new to photography. It may seem easy to just walk up to a flower and snap a picture, but if you want your pictures to stand out, then, with a little planning and forethought, your photographs will have more visual impact instead of looking just average.

 

Field of Poppies © A Webber

Best angle

Next time you’re out walking or perhaps in the garden and you see some flowers worthy of photographing, instead of  pointing your camera down at them to take a picture, try a different angle to get a better perspective, this could mean getting down to there level, or even below them looking upwards to the sky.

 

Image by Cubanjunky

Image by n0rthw1nd

Focal point

When you’re photographing  flowers, consider where the focal point of interest is, if you’re taking a wide angle picture of a field of sunflowers or poppies, or a meadow full of wild flowers for example, the focal point may be the flowers nearest to your camera, as in the 2nd image above, with a single blossom  the focal point could be a close-up of the petals or stamens (immediately above), find something in the frame to grab the viewers attention.

 

Image by Global Jet

Distracting elements

Be aware of anything that may distract the viewers eye in the frame; things such as litter can spoil an otherwise good image so move it out of the frame. Sometimes there may be some distracting elements in your frame that can’t be moved,  so your choices would be to either move yourself to a better position, try and crop them out by moving closer or zooming in, or you could just change your depth of field to a wider aperture so that anthing you don’t want in the frame will be blurred and out of focus.

© A Webber

Lighting

When shooting outside, the weather will have a big impact on your photographs. Overcast days can be better than bright sunny days for some flower shots as the flowers aren’t washed- out by the rays of the sun, but when you are photographing in the sun, try shooting in the morning or late afternoon and evening to take advantage of the softer light.

Avoid using direct flash to light your subject, as this can also lead to a washed- out looking photo so try Fitting a diffuser, or try a reflector to bounce the available light onto your subject; a white piece of card will suffice.

Image by pedrol

Indoors

If you want to eliminate any distracting elements and have total control over lighting  for your flower shots then just bring them indoors ; here, you won’t have a troublesome breeze, and you can try experimenting with different coloured backgrounds and various lighting techniques, or  try photographing your subject near a window for more natural light.

© A Webber

I hope these few tips have given you some ideas for the next time you find some flowers worth photographing.

Image by KKimpel

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 Featured image by Vietnam plants and America plants

 

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Wednesday, 29 March 2017

25 Stunning Examples of Clean & Abstract Minimalist Photos

As a designer, minimalism is my favourite style – reducing something right down to the basics makes the elements that are there, even more powerfull.

The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work. De Stijl expanded the ideas that could be expressed by using basic elements such as lines and planes organized in very particular manners.

Minimalism works well also, in photography so lets take a look at 25 great examples of minimalist photos …

Untitled

Untitled by Myxi

A Vibrant Shade Of Red

A Vibrant Shade Of Red by caruba

Minimaliste N°23 / Minimalist #23

Minimaliste N°23 / Minimalist #23 by Nomad Photography

She Moved To California

She Moved To California by Jeremy Brooks

Untitled

Untitled by Myxi

She stood there laughing

She stood there laughing by Myxi

low, yellow, Green, yellow, yellow, yellow, yel…

low, yellow, Green, yellow, yellow, yellow, yel… by / juL /

Let’s Stick Together

Let’s Stick Together by Myxi

Traces.

Traces. by digitalpimp.

Brace yourself – she’s almost 75.

Brace yourself – she’s almost 75. by jrodmanjr

Red, Yellow, Blue, Green

Red, Yellow, Blue, Green by .michael.newman.

Thieves are at work in this cinema

Thieves are at work in this cinema by Myxi

Back down to earth

Back down to earth by Myxi

yellow line on blue wall

yellow line on blue wall by ChromaticOrb

Coach study: “Buffed”

Coach study: “Buffed” by Myxi

Untitled

Untitled by +fatman+

I was in the realm of the essence of Tong

I was in the realm of the essence of Tong by Myxi

Laporte, Indiana

Laporte, Indiana by kevin dooley

Trois Geometries

Trois Geometries by Myxi

Arabesque

Arabesque by Myxi

Esplanade

Esplanade by |Panzer|

Simple Window

Simple Window by Richard Johnstone

12 o’clock

12 o’clock by kevinschoenmakers

snowy mountain top

snowy mountain top by susanne anette

Ritme in style

Ritme in style by zilverbat.

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