Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Tips On Abstract Digital Photography

By Angela Briggs


Now that we are in the digital age, you have the opportunity to take much more interesting photographs than you were, before. It is, of course, much easier to take vacation and holiday photographs, too, if you have a digital camera. What is much easier to explore, now, however, is abstract digital photography.

You can make a unique, interesting photography by using different methods and tricks. Something that might usually be ordinary and boring can be experimented with in different ways to bring some fascination to the result. Perspective, to begin with, is one of these ways that you can use.

The subject can be given a different look when the picture has been taken from another angle. You can, here, work on showing the subject in a way that it would not usually be seen in. It could be that this is done when you take the picture from the top or the bottom. A small object can appear large, which can, potentially, change the qualities that are most visible when it appears to be smaller.

The inverse can also be true, of course, although this is, possibly, much harder to do. Different perspectives mean that different things come into view. Texture in conjunction with distance is another thing that you can look at. The small detail is visible with a close-up, of course. One of the most fascinating things, here, is that it will eventually stop resembling itself as you are used to.

You might even say that it appears to be a different object, altogether, from this new view. Another thing you will probably want to take into consideration is color. This is useful as a tool as it will influence the tone and the mood of the piece and can also contribute to the focus. You can experiment, here, especially since you do not have to be realistic. For example, you could create a single mood or a contrast by setting different colors together.

Another thing you could try is displaying things in a color that you would not usually see them in. This may alter how these things appear very drastically. Selective focus is something else to look at and this, of course, is very specific to photography. Using selective focus, you can narrow in on a particular part of the subject.

You could take things one step further by having the focal point be something that you would not usually focus on, which would create a very different appearance, instead. This focal point is given sharp definition while everything else is left blurry. Color and things can also be applied here, too. Perhaps you could use a different shade for the background, which adds to where you want the focus to be.

Shapes are also a possible instrument, here, too. Using perspective or light, you could change or warp the shape you are looking it. Contrasting shapes are another possibility, and you could work to either emphasize straight lines or curves. To take eye-catching pictures with abstract digital photography, there are a lot of interesting methods that you can use.




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