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More Ideas on Photographing Everyday Things

• Shots above taken with a Nikon digital Camera with multi zoom lens.
• I take practically all my photographs without flash as it gives a better effect and you don’t lose the shadows and you can get a better tonal range.
• Flash distorts and I find it takes away from the shot I want to compose
• Reflections can destroy the soft effect of the light but there are times when flash is essential when the light starts to go.

Once you start looking, you will find photographs everywhere and everyday items and situations will present themselves faster than you can take a picture.

I remember doing Art History and learning about Monet and his obsessiveness with the light and his haystack paintings. This all meant nothing until I went to capture the light on some tropical plants and the whole lesson suddenly jumped into prominence and suddenly I “got it”. Monet must have been going like a train to capture all that light, once you notice it, the light changes almost as you watch.

One of the best learning experiences is to miss out on the best shot because you thought you’d get it on the way home or some other time to find it had change, gone, or the lighting had completely changed. I missed a great shot the other day – I spotted a whole herd of cows all congregated by the gate, all looking the same way, the lighting perfect, the photo almost completely posed for me, reached around for the camera – left at home on the bench !

When you go out to photograph, spend some time looking around you, look up, look down at your feet, walk around some distance away and then walk back. You may notice things that normally you would not have if you just jump out of your car and start clicking and you will be aware of your surroundings  more if you get into the mode first.

Rust is absolutely fantastic, there is such a wide range of colors and shades and there is such diversity.

Mould, cobwebs and slime are also amazing starting points. Assuming you have macro on your camera, go out and see what you can find from just one of these ideas, you will be amazed how fantastic your photos can look with close up pix of some of these. Cobwebs can look amazing stretched across some iron or old decayed wood – even your old fireplace hearth and the scattered ash can come up amazingly well with a bit of editing and have you looked to see how many faces you can spot within your photos when you bring them up larger ?

Kitchen utensils make excellent shots and who would think they would come out so great ? Even everyday things like eggs, strawberries and veggies can take the most amazing shots and make interesting posters for your own walls but did you know that you can get paid to submit photographs to the internet and sell your photos online or use them on sites to design your own goods on online shops. I have done this course myself and it has some amazing idea and tips and techniques as well as practical advice on how to get paid for doing what you enjoy

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