Visual awarness

It is always best to research on different photographers and expand on your visual awareness. The shoot below was not intended the day I took this, I was doing a documenting shoot on an open day at a golf club and came across this leaf, only after I realized the water magnified the veins in the leaf.

Like the zoom burst I experimented with long exposure. In this example below I left the exposure open for 30seconds. I  also played around with the focus mid way through the shot just to see what would happen. A photographer should always experiment with the simple to the hardest of things.

Zoom burst

If you have a zoom lens with a manual zoom ring you can adjust it as you take the photograph and create interesting effects. This technique, known as zoom burst, is easy to do and can transform you image into something completely different, but in a good way.

This is my example of a zoom burst, in my home town.

Modeling and the photographer

Direction is the main key from the photographer in a photo shoot. The photographer must learn to speak clearly to the model if they want a good result. Also background music will help relax everyone who is on set and help the model to get into character.

Tip of the day

This is a great tip I got from another photographer.

Only show people your good images never the bad, and your standing as a photographer immediately increases. Pro's can shoot a load of rubbish like anyone else, they just don't show it to anybody.