5 TIPS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING IN BORING PLACES | How I Find Inspiration

I am a huge believer that your eyes are the most valuable part of your kit and it’s about how you compose a shot and not how fancy or techy your camera is.

I mentioned this in my previous post but I love travel photography - food, landscapes, architecture, bodies of water and color.

However, I currently live in northern Alberta (Fort McMurray) and this place doesn’t quite jive with my photography style.

So, in this episode I shed some light on 5 tips that has helped me and will hopefully help you photograph in boring locations!

Tip #1 - Details, Patterns & Textures

Look for any details, pattern or textures. This can be the centre of a flower, the texture of a tree, the lines in an object. It could be any bump or groove.

Tip #2 - Lines

Look for any leading lines.

I love the the lines in this picture. The green trees and dark brown wood on the left and the pink trees and green grass on the right with the paved path right down the middle.

Tip #3 - Color

I like to look for any pops of color that I can fill the frame with. Some of the flowers right now are this beautiful vibrant pink (probably because of all the rain we're getting).

Tip #4 - Perspective

Change your perspective. Get low, get high and change your angle.

If there is any texture on the ground like rocks, grass, or wood I love to get low and incorporate more foreground elements.

The image on the left was shot at eye level. The image on the right was shot low from a different perspective with the rocks more in the foreground. Same setting but different composition.

Tip #5 - Subject + Foreground Blur

This is my absolute, hands down, go-to favorite composition technique. Framing your subject with foreground blur. You shoot with a really wide aperture and through something. Every time I go out I look for a plant, tree or flower to do this with.

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