I’ve had these shells in my workplace for nearly a 12 months. For no matter purpose, I simply wasn’t feeling impressed to {photograph} them. A number of months in the past, I did pull them out and performed with backgrounds, however that was it. I had different concepts in my head, and at last determined to behave on them!
Be open to getting inventive with no matter you will discover or have
One of many concepts I had was to take the smaller shells — some are fairly tiny — and put them in water with sand on or on a blue pie plate I’ve. I figured the blue would assist emulate the sensation of water and seaside.
First, I set this up on my kitchen desk in a small lightbox. I attempted utilizing the pie plate the other way up after which I flipped it and put the shells in it.
After taking just a few photographs with the pie plate, I grabbed a glass from the cabinet and added water to it. Then I shot from straight overhead to see what it could appear like.
If you’re organising pictures like this, keep in mind to simply play and experiment. You actually don’t know till you strive one thing what works and what doesn’t. Throughout this session, I additionally grabbed picket spoons, an artwork glass piece I’ve after which I went exterior.
Shell on blue a pie plate, by Lauri Novak
Change your perspective
One of many best methods to create completely different photos is to vary your perspective. Throughout my time with the shells, I shot from straight above, at eye stage, and in addition barely at an angle. Every perspective fully modified what exhibits up within the viewfinder.
After I took the shells exterior and positioned them on my patio desk I knew I’d have the ability to get reflections within the wavy glass as a result of I like utilizing my patio desk to take photographs on it. It had really rained a bit, so the moist floor made it even higher. For enjoyable, I dumped extra water on it. They’re shells, in spite of everything, so it represents their pure habitat of water and sand!
All the time keep in mind to have enjoyable whereas getting inventive
If what you’re doing turns into troublesome, tedious or you end up losing interest and impatient, then cease. Study classes from what you’ve accomplished, the pictures you will have and apply them the following time you get the urge to be inventive.
A lesson discovered for me this time (and to be trustworthy virtually each time I get my macro lens out), is to depart the digicam on the tripod. I usually get too antsy and really feel too restricted with a tripod. I wish to strive completely different angles however can’t, so I take the digicam off the tripod and set my settings to higher deal with being handheld. However then I’m disillusioned with the result! Persistence is a big advantage when photographing macro photos — which isn’t one thing I’m good at, so an excellent majority of my photos are unusable. Some day I’ll be taught!
