something which can work quite nicely is and abstract we've got sort of soft light
and there are still some little bits of
shadow going on to give a bit of texture so how about a nice blue abstract
using just these lines
on this pretty blue beach hut, meeting on the corner just here.
No zooming, 50 millimeteres only. Think about the picture.
think about where do I want to place these lines
in my view finder where are they gonna go, where is this upright going to go in the
picture.
first of all, you've just gotta move around and look at it so I've had to move back a
bit,
back a bit more, No I'm gonna move a bit closer.
you see as you move back the camera is seeing a little bit more
I think it works best with just three lines these are the thoughts that are going
through my head.
I'm thinking three lines works quite well so im just gonna move backwards and
forwards
until I've gotta 123 those three there, focus on the corner
that's not bad I need to move back a little bit more
because I don't want her sort of cutting off the top edges and the bottom
edges.
so this is all careful thought, all moving around
here we go. Now I don't want that line straight down the middle
I don't this corner in the middle so I'm gonna cut it off
slightly to one side, so i'm just gonan move the camera a bit
I've got my three lines focus it
make sure all lines up is nice and neat exit again because I've moved
and take picture, yeah that's alright
I quite like that I like the way that the these lines are not quite
whoevers put it together, this groove is sort of higher
than that one there. of course the great thing here is all I've gotta do is that
and I could do a white version as well, let's try it.
this ones a lot neater and tidier, it might work, it might not.
But let's find out, so it's the same shot, move myself around.
I quite like the white one, but we shall see.
mmm I quite like the white one, there we go,
let's walk on, see what else there is.
I really really like this little yellow boat
I know there's potential here but i'm not sure what it is. It's not really a shot of the whole boat
because
you know look where it is, there's a bit of a cluttery old sort of a mess.
This is the sort of boat i'd love to find lying on it's own on a beach but there we
go.
If I just take a quick picture of it from here you'll see what I mean it's just
50 mm make sure my zoom hasn't changed, no zooming allowed.
it's just kind of lost in all that mess it stands out because it's yellow but it's a rubbishy
picture.
So let's go in close again. I like the look of these ropes
hanging over the top here this is about stretching your creative juices so
I like these ropes here I like this thin rope and this thick rope.
I like this paint on this sort of timber that's a bit peely.
also we have got a little bit of light coming in that way at the moment because the
clouds have thinned a little. let's have a little look and see what sort of a sho0t
I can get I'm just checking to see if I'm casting a shadow on the rope because
I don't want to block my own light, at the moment
I'm not so let's just get in close, make sure I haven't zoomed, good I haven't.
focus on the ropes
it's this criss-cross that I like, I really really like that. I like the chain
as well.
If I move back a little and shoot it like that, it's okay
but is not brilliant is it so go a little bit closer, let's go a bit tighter.
Let's just run this top edge here along the top of the picture
and just get where the ropes are crossing,
I like that, we've got blue and yellow and rope. Blue and yellow always work well
together.
I rather like that as it is. I wanna do something with this little bit of rusty
chain because
that's also very sort of seaside-y a bit sort of mariney isn't it.
There seems to be a fraction more of light coming, so i'm gonna stand to the side, i'm
gonna take a picture again
lining this piece of timber with the rope and the chain and the shape
going on in there but if I stand here
i'm blocking my own light because the suns coming from there
so we gotta kinda come round here and photograph it from the side from this
angle.
let's have a look, let's get this camera strap out the way.
just see what we've got, oh yes I do quite like that
it's an interesting shape now this is not a function
necessarily of just the 50 millimetre lens
this is also about
the angle at which you view something
how often would you stand here and look at that
from that angle you just wouldn't do it would you? this is where your creativity
comes in this is why it's great to start setting a single length zoom and
walking around and looking for things.
I also like this little boat here
I think it's quite interesting I just had an idea because
I think we can use the side of this yellow boat
and put back one in the background
just walking around looking to see how things line up I'm quite like the
thought of looking
I quite like that looking along the side of this boat
with that one beyond.
So let's see what we've got, nearly right straight of the thing,
I don't mind the handle that that metal handle
of this metal trailer is sticking out, I don't actually mind it
if I focus, it's also about thinking where are you going to focus in your picture.
I'm I am using a wide aperture
but it's where you're going to focus, if I focus over there
on that little boat, the pictures really
it's okay but it's not brilliant and I find that handle of
this trailer really distracting. But if I focus back here
on this rope and look down the side of this boat
let's just get this focus point exactly the right place, there we go and
shoot it like that,
I just think it's a little more interesting.
because it makes this much much stronger in the picture
now know everything I've been doing has been close in
but that's purely a function of the weather and the light that I've got at
the moment.
It is starting to improve now but our time has run out.
I'm not suggesting you do all close ups with your 50 mm if you've got some
beautiful light and some landscapes
and all the rest of it, go for it
but keep your lens at 50 mil and think about your pictures.