Here are 12 ideas to get your creative juices flowing and increase your skills and value as a photographer.
Tip 1 - Time Lapse photos. I showed my niece how to do this with clay figures and stitch the resulting frames together into a video file, and she was busy for days. If you operate the exposure consistently to keep the images consistent with one another, you can do some in fact fun stop-motion animation. Or, you can set up your camera to capture other slow appeal effects such as flowers chance and seedlings growing.
Tip 2 - Night Lights. Things look very dissimilar at night. Shooting city scenes with ready light creates some inviting images. And shooting outdoor images under moonlight or with "light painting", where you open up the camera shutter for an extended exposure, and "paint" your targets with colored or plain light, can originate some truly bizarre images.
Tip 3 - Astrophotography. Hook that Slr up to a telescope, and you are ready to peer into the depths of space and time. You'll need some adapters, and ability to compensate for the earth's rotation for in fact long shots. Start with the moon and move on from there.
Tip 4 - Macro photography. From flowers to coins to stamps, you can polish your skills at close-up photography and capture some in fact detailed images. Often a macro lens or close-up attachment will help. See my tips on Flower Photography to get more information.
Tip 5 - Micro photography. If you can interface that camera with a microscope, you can get some in fact crazy images. Or, stack up a bunch of close-up magnification and try your hand at turning salt crystals into surreal imagery.
Tip 6 - guarnatee Photos. Ok, maybe a bit boring, but you and your friends and relatives will thank you. Take a couple hours and touch and photo all of value, with a full shot or two if each item of value, accompanied by a shot of the identifying marks - constructor model or serial number. Then burn a Cd or Dvd and store it off site. If you have a fire or other loss, this could save the owner thousands of dollars.
Tip 7 - house method book. Anytime those house favorites are prepared, copy down the method and take some photos of the food. You can yield a printed or electronic cookbook of house favorites that everyone will love.
Tip 8 - Stock Photography. This is a very busy shop niche, but the cost of entry is low. Specialize in things you love, and you may be able to originate some earnings from your stock images. Crusade for stock photography sites, and make sure you understand your proprietary before you post images.
Tip 9 - extra Effects. Maybe you want to specialize in high-speed images of athletes, or surrealistic collages. Try your hand at using your editing skills to put person in a soda bottle or floating on a candy lifesaver. Often more artistic than photographic, it will test your composition, lighting and editing skills to come up with believable synthetic realities.
Tip 10 - Still Life. Ahh, the bowl of fruit. Sometimes a easy object or collection, properly lit, shot and edited, is a thing of beauty. It's a great way to study light. Start with an egg on a light background, a lamp and a window and see how you can learn about lighting and composition.
Tip 11 - Computer Control. Many cameras have a Usb interface and remote operate software. You can in fact operate the camera from the computer. See if you can get it to work to your liking, and maybe even schedule some time lapse or exposure bracketing experiments.
Tip 12 - Be Like Andy. Take some images of everyday items and try to originate those neat colored backgrounds like Andy Warhol used to make. originate a 4-up print of the same image and convert the colors of each quadrant to make an inviting square print.
Have fun with these ideas, and let me know when you become famous!
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