Want more power from your shot?

Want more dynamics ?
Most photographers are somehow hard wired to shoot from eye level towards their subject. However this often will give you a kind of “boring” shot. Now I won’t say that it will always be boring of course 🙂 but let me put it this way, in 99% of the cases it can be more interesting.

Take for example this shot

Shot during a demo day for Sony. Not the perfect location (loads of people standing around and not the perfect location) . By using a low angle and loads of strobes I actually cut out the crowd and “hid” the location by killing the ambient light.

I also used a wide angle, which I absolutely love to use. It will distort of Course. And that’s why a lot of People are I think “afraid” to use it. But if you use this distortion to enhance lines or even motion it can work really well.

So the next time you shoot. Sit on the floor and try a different angle and of course try to shoot wide 😉
Good luck

Leading lines are incredibly important in photography, we all know that….
But did you know that when you shoot roads you can get some amazing results if you shoot it under different angles and if the road “leads” somewhere “interesting”…. of course you know, but let’s give some tips that I find interesting with roads.

 

1. Low angle
   Absolutely love this, put your camera on the road, close the aperture and shoot. Make sure you have someone with you to check for traffic, otherwise it will probably be your last shot
2. Through the windshield of the car
   I’ve had great succes with this technique, make sure to choose a faster shutter speed, and for your own safety make sure you have control over your vehicle, it’s NEVER worth an accident, don’t think about your safety but also of that of others, that being said, the results can be amazing, I often let Annewiek drive (or someone else) and shoot through the windshield, I’ve heard many times “that will never work” but most of the time it works just great
3. Same as 2, but now also zoom a little bit
   Gives GREAT sense of motion, can give awesome results
4. Be creative
   Roads can look awesome when zoomed in with a long lens, or stretched with a wide angle. With the long lens all the street signs and other objects will be compressed together, plus when it’s hot you get that awesome hear signature on the road, while with the wide angle everything looks FAR away.

Some samples from our recent trip to Sweden.
If you have cool shots from roads let me know and post them on social media below this post.

And some older shots I love with roads and several techniques.