{"id":64,"date":"2013-12-27T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/?p=64"},"modified":"2015-03-01T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T09:36:09","slug":"basics-of-photography-learning-to-see-creatively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/2013\/12\/27\/basics-of-photography-learning-to-see-creatively\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics of Photography &#8211; Learning to See Creatively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">Developing a creative eye is about seeing things in a different way; a personal visual opinion rather than obvious point of view.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">When we first use a camera we take pictures of all the obvious things around us, landmarks, people we know, family pets, <!--more-->Uncle George etc. This is all a very necessary part of learning photography and after repeatedly taking these pictures, boredom starts to creep in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/12\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-105 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/demo.inkhive.com\/preus-plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/12\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"425\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If we get bored enough, we tend to look further than the obvious for our photographic subjects, hopefully encouraging us to interpret these subjects in a different manner &#8211; but, as we so often see, some people<b>continuously<\/b>\u00a0take boring pictures, until they become experts at doing so.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The problem is that we all have pre-conceived ideas about how something should look, and\u00a0<b>that<\/b>\u00a0is what we photograph, so if we want to be creative we must drop these pre-conceptions, and start looking at things from a small child&#8217;s &#8220;innocence&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What would a worm see if it looked up?<\/li>\n<li>Spend a day taking photos of everyday things from a height of 600mm to 800mm, how a small child would view them.<\/li>\n<li>Isolate part of an overall scene, using the camera&#8217;s viewfinder.<\/li>\n<li>Show things how they are<b>\u00a0not<\/b>\u00a0normally viewed.<\/li>\n<li>Use light creatively, to show texture.<\/li>\n<li>Give mood to, or produce silhouetted shapes.<\/li>\n<li>Use telephoto lenses for landscapes, wide angle lenses for portraits.<\/li>\n<li>Take photos\u00a0<b>into<\/b>\u00a0the sun.<\/li>\n<li>Take pictures while jumping in the air.<\/li>\n<li>Place horizons where\u00a0<b>you<\/b>\u00a0want them to be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">After a while creative vision becomes as natural as breathing, and when this occurs, you can concentrate on capturing the moment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The peak of action.<\/li>\n<li>A fleeting glance.<\/li>\n<li>Certain lighting conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">Learn all the &#8220;Rules&#8221; of\u00a0composition, and then see how many you can\u00a0break\u00a0while still communicating powerful images. Try\u00a0<b>not<\/b>\u00a0focusing on the point of interest, instead focus on shape, or form. Decide what\u00a0<b>you<\/b>\u00a0want to emphasise, what message\u00a0<b>you<\/b>\u00a0want to convey to the viewer.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">A part of learning to see creatively is to look for pictures\u00a0<b>within<\/b>\u00a0pictures. Try looking at a scene through a 28mm wide-angle lens, then change to a 100mm telephoto lens and see how many different pictures you can isolate within that scene.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">When you possess the ability to creatively &#8220;see&#8221;, you will never again have to worry about the problems encountered in photography or anything that may have to do with your camera equipment. But how will you know when you have reached the level of being an &#8220;A-1&#8243; Lens-person, with the ability to see things from a photographic perspective?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Practice, practice, practice and apply everything you have learnt from photography to your shooting sessions. As they say, practice makes perfect, and as\u00a0<b>I<\/b>\u00a0say:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;<b>Perfect<\/b>\u00a0Practice makes Perfect&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And you must learn how to utilise all the techniques required until they have become second nature to you. You need to know how and when to utilise the required techniques of photography and camera, and lenses to create the images you want, finally providing the answers to those questions which you have kept asking yourself .<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">To know whether you are doing things right when learning to &#8220;see&#8221; creatively: Are you asking yourself the three basic questions before you embark on a shooting session or assignment?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Remember. They are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the\u00a0<b>main<\/b>\u00a0subject of the photograph?<\/li>\n<li>How do I\u00a0<b>highlight<\/b>\u00a0the main subject of the photograph?<\/li>\n<li>What do I leave out?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developing a creative eye is about seeing things in a different way; a personal visual opinion rather than obvious point of view. 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