2017 Photo Resolutions

How sizeable is your resolution for 2017?We’re not talking about pixels, albeita new camera might be on the list, but your lofty ambitions for new achievements and skills to master. Rather than simply saying‘ I want to  shoot more’, we’re offering you 12 ways to help you progress, challenge your self and generally aspire to create great images. You could do one a year or one a month, just make it your mission to do atleast one!

Experiment with perspective 

Straight and eye-level is how the majority of us shoot every day, so unless you’re 4ft or 8ft tall you’re generally shooting a scene how most people see it and, well, that can be boring. Show them something different by changing your view: get on the ground, get up high or turn your camera to the sky. You may be amazed at what opportunities you’re missing by looking in the same direction everyday. Even if you shoot straight, try shooting through something else to introduce some foreground bokeh and depth, such as foliage or a window for reflections, or skew the camera to make it more dynamic – anything that alters you and your viewer's perspective of a scene. For fun, you could try forced perspective to create optical illusions by tilting the world, and your subjects, on their side.

Master panoramics