Remember the good ol’ days when you would just take your camera out on a normal day, and play? Before the days of contracts and marketing, finding clients and making current clients happy, before this photography thing was a business, we had fun with our cameras. Those times seem to get fewer and farther between now that real life has intruded upon our beloved hobby.
Sure, I love my clients, I love shooting weddings and portraits, and I certainly love taking my camera out and shooting a personal project but rarely does the opportunity present itself for me to just play. In the newest video from our friends at COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography), photographers, Anastasia Ehlakova & Julia Gebhardt show us seven creative and fun things you can do at your next shoot. From levitation to free lensing to light stamping, these fun little tips will spark your creative juices.
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Watch 7 Funky Photography Tips
What I love is that all 7 of these tips require very little in terms of effort or props; most of the items can be found in your home. That strand of old Christmas lights and your daughter’s bent hula hoop? Try out tip #7: Hula Hoop, which has you creating some awesome light-painting images. Have an old mirror? Go ahead, risk the seven years of bad luck for some very cool and (should I say), ‘funky,’ portraits.
Take a break from Monday and steal a moment from editing or on your lunch break, grab your camera and try a few of these tips. Have fun!
For more fun videos from COOPH, check out some of our past articles featuring their work below, or on their website here.
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I freelance over th℮ internet and earn about 80-85$ an hour. I was without a job for 7 months but last month my paycheck with big fat bonus was $15000 just working on my computer from my home for 5-6 hours.
Here’s what i have been doing…….. www．Jobs-Fashion．com
Cool. 10 more points
Freelensing is pretty much an invitation for dust to visit your sensor.
Not another pesky spammer.
@Graham Curran
what? you didnt head over to jobsyelp.com yet? these are the same ones.
its awesome! I make so much money from home and work only 5-6 hours.
the post above is lying though, no way youll make $15000 though..its more like $13000. thumbs up.
very creative. bravo.
not into gelling peoples faces though. kicker, hair or background, sure, but not the face. she looks like
side show bobs sister.
@Robert S: You obviously haven’t been working as hard as Vanessa. Slacker.
Cool. All low budget options too which is excellent! Thanks for sharing!
Cool stuff! Do you still get seven years bad luck if you break the mirror on purpose? :P
It’s 49 years then, 7 squared. :)
These guys always get me out of a creative slump.
me too!