Last summer my friends and I were running around enjoying the warm summer evening while playing with sparklers. One of my friends wanted to remember the moment so she pulled out her camera to take a picture of all of us waving our sparklers around like a bunch of lunitics. After checking the picture on her digital camera, we stumbled across something amazing. In the picture we barely noticed ourselves but the trails of light left by our moving sparklers. This took over the rest of our evening as we all proceeded to draw pictures and sign our names while pictures were taken. What we had stumbled upon is known as trick photography.
Trick photography is a series of photography techniques that can be used to take a picture of whatever your imagination can come up with. Infra-red lighting can be used to take away color leaving white and outlines. Laser pens can be used to outline images. Color settings can be adjusted to make certain objects pop out to be 3d like. The camera can be rotated to create 360 degree panoramic pictures which will leave your friends asking "how did you do that?" The possibilities are literally limited only by your imagination.
These photography techniques can be practiced and mastered with nothing more than a regular camera, time, and a little imagination. After that evening with the sparklers, I decided to spend some time to look up different photography tips and practice the techniques that I learned by accident.
I started to view the world differently. When I would go to take a picture of a tree I would ask myself "how can I make this tree look like more than just a tree?" "What other angles can I take this picture from other than standing in front of it the way everyone normally sees it?" I no longer followed the beaten path but started to blazed my own trail, and trail turned out however I wanted it to be.
This new mindset carried over into other areas of my life. If I wanted to get a new job, I would ask myself "How can I get this job in another way than just filing out an application and waiting for a call?" If I wanted to cook a meal, I would start to look at different techniques and ingredients than the ones on the box that everyone else followed.
Trick photography isn't the only source to unleash your mind's creativity, but it really worked wonders for myself and my life. Educate yourself and apply your new knowledge. It's a beautiful day and I'm about to head outside. Hope to see you out there!
Cheers!
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