Abstract photography can mean many things, and can be achieved in many ways. One way to look at abstract photography is to simply remove the subject matter, and let the image simply exist without too much context: rather than look at a specific object, look at a part of that object, look at how it is illuminated, what feelings it invokes, how does it catch your attention?
In our workshop we discussed several good guidelines and factors to consider as you find your abstract photo.
Your challenge:
- Construct a scene to shoot an abstract photo. This means you have to arrange elements, determine your source of interest, think about lighting and composition. Going outside and taking a photo of the first thing you see is not an option here: you must compose your image.
- Take a minimum of 20 photos of your abstract scene:
- Walk around your subject,
- Change the lighting
- Rearrange the elements
- Change your angle of where you’re shooting from
- Choose just one image from your photo shoot. Select what you feel is your best, and most effective abstract photo. Then email the photo to Luke so we can look at them together at our next workshop.
- Email to elementl@bresnan.net
- Include “Abstract Photo” in the subject line
- Be sure to include your name
As we discussed in the workshop, here are a few things to keep in mind as you compose your shot. This information is from a great article from Adorama. You can view the details here >>
