Discus-n00b
03-28-2017, 03:19 PM
Lately I've felt uncreative. Maybe it was the doldrums of winter, or just not getting the time I want with a camera in my hands but I realized I lost my "eye" in the photography sense. I haven't fully tried to look for different angles and viewpoints. Photos became just getting the subject in the center of the frame and being pretty much done, and I don't like that. There is nothing wrong with an object centered in the frame, some are good that way. But it's a photo anyone could walk up and snap, i'd equate the feeling to taking a photo of the statue of liberty, leaning tower, or other big landmark from the same crowd of tourists that are there. It's a great photo, but it doesn't push creative bounds which is the part that I'm not happy with. I realized this as I looked up into the blooms of a Dogwood tree yesterday and thought, why have I not taken a photo like this before? It's because I stopped looking for it. I guess it's almost like writer's block in a sense. So it's my goal to really look for the creative angles again going forward.
Here is the picture that really helped inspire me again. Looks almost like a studio shot, but that is all natural light. Lemme know what you think!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2920/33692436395_6160bde4a6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TkhxvM)Pinkdogwoods2 (https://flic.kr/p/TkhxvM) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
Here are a few others I took the same day. All taken with natural sunlight, or partly cloudy skies...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3841/33651666896_930c761ed9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TgFAao)Dogwoods (https://flic.kr/p/TgFAao) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2891/33692558295_65a9074ff3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TkiaKv)blueflower (https://flic.kr/p/TkiaKv) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
The rest of these were all taken before that first Dogwood shot, so many not as artistic in nature but spring blooms nonetheless. This first Dogwood shot came right before the first photo, and I was about to walk off when I looked up. For those of you that like golf, it's starting to look like Augusta National again around here. Dogwoods and Azaleas galore. Was already before our late snow fall, everything is just now starting to come back again.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2904/33563135131_2e61f75412_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T8RQKD)Pinkdogwoods3 (https://flic.kr/p/T8RQKD) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2842/32879075883_08266782af_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S6pRLF)Pinkflower (https://flic.kr/p/S6pRLF) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3846/33651703726_1e24c01317_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TgFM7o)Calico (https://flic.kr/p/TgFM7o) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
Here is the picture that really helped inspire me again. Looks almost like a studio shot, but that is all natural light. Lemme know what you think!
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2920/33692436395_6160bde4a6_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TkhxvM)Pinkdogwoods2 (https://flic.kr/p/TkhxvM) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
Here are a few others I took the same day. All taken with natural sunlight, or partly cloudy skies...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3841/33651666896_930c761ed9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TgFAao)Dogwoods (https://flic.kr/p/TgFAao) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2891/33692558295_65a9074ff3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TkiaKv)blueflower (https://flic.kr/p/TkiaKv) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
The rest of these were all taken before that first Dogwood shot, so many not as artistic in nature but spring blooms nonetheless. This first Dogwood shot came right before the first photo, and I was about to walk off when I looked up. For those of you that like golf, it's starting to look like Augusta National again around here. Dogwoods and Azaleas galore. Was already before our late snow fall, everything is just now starting to come back again.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2904/33563135131_2e61f75412_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/T8RQKD)Pinkdogwoods3 (https://flic.kr/p/T8RQKD) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2842/32879075883_08266782af_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/S6pRLF)Pinkflower (https://flic.kr/p/S6pRLF) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3846/33651703726_1e24c01317_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/TgFM7o)Calico (https://flic.kr/p/TgFM7o) by Matt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/scmatt/), on Flickr