A small tip for beginning or experienced photographers that are looking for a change from their regular photography work. We often put a landscape, a person, a building, etc. in the frame as the eye catcher. But one of the things we forget about that are always around us are the little things such as everyday objects and patterns. Some man made, some created by nature itself.
Whenever you get the feeling you’ve had it with your current type of photography, take your small point and shoot (or even your big boy if you want) out and start looking with a fresh pair of eyes at things that are so common in our culture that we forgot their essential beauty.
The following photographs were all taken with a Panasonic Lumix LX3. I’ll write a review about it later.
Sanding paper (5mm, 1/30s, f/2, ISO 125)
Undressed (5mm, 1/20s, f/2, ISO 400)
Patterns (5mm, 1/1250s, f/5.6, ISO 400)
Terrasse (5mm, 1/25s, f/2, ISO 400)
So take your camera with you every time you step out the door and you’ll be amazed because of all those beautiful things you see and capture which you’d have otherwise missed.
For those with a mobile phone that has a built-in camera I’d still suggest you take out a small real camera instead of using the camera of your mobile phone. While quality has improved a lot lately you cannot compare it to a decent camera.