G'day guys how's it going, I pretty much just wanted to film a video showing
you guys the things that I think of before I go out and shoot a photo.
It's pretty much just going to differentiate a "good" photo from a "bad" photo.
Im just going to be sharing some tips and some processes that I go through before I
actually go out and take these photos so obviously it's all opinion based but
these three tips can help you and you in your photography, I hope they do help you.
Ok so tip number one would be for the composition and this sort of applies not
to every photo obviously but say if you're taking a photo of a cityscape or
maybe you've got a photo with the cityscape in the background so take this
photo for instance I took this one yesterday. It's of the Shrine of Remembrance
and it's got the the line down the middle of it so this tip is going to be
symmetry which is pretty basic one I think but it can make a huge difference
in your photos if you get it right and actually...well not that it's hard to get right
it's literally just having subject in the middle of the photo but pretty much
to even side directly opposite so you know what I mean you get it you know
what symmetry is the point being it can improve your photos a lot so if this
photo I thought of symmetry so I place the Shrine of Remembrance right in the
middle of the photo then I had the path that leads up to the shrine of
remembrance I had that going down the direct center of the photo and then
obviously I had the city in the background. So I really think that helped
improve the actual photo it sort of gives it a sense of balance I feel as
opposed to just taking the photo from a higher up angle and hoping for the best
so if you keep that in mind when you're shooting next year around Melbourne or
wherever you're from whatever city you're shooting whatever nature keeping
that symmetry that symmetrical photo can really improve and help your photography
that's enough about symmetry the next tip that I want to tell you guys about
is lighting for me lighting means the natural lighting I primarily use the
natural lighting whether that may be a Sun natural sunlight or the lighting of
the natural environment that i'm in. So that might be either neon signs at
night time that's I would I WOULD consider that a natural lighting in
terms of its I haven't brought my own way
setup I'm not going and buying this lighting setup and using it for my photo
shoot it's just there in the natural environment so it allows you to be a lot
more creative it can also enhance your photos so for instance I like shooting
at sunset I think that's a really good time to shoot especially when some
clouds there and the Sun reflects off the clouds is really important and that
can improve your photos and also sunrise
I'm not waking up to sunrise. Sunrise yeah don't know about that one but we can try
that if you can get up that early good on you can go out and do that sunrise but
I'm not doing that because we got sunset so I don't see the point
But no in all seriousness sunrise can actually really good to shoot as it's alot more
hazier and the clouds are a lot thinner and it's a lot softer lighting in the
morning as opposed to a sunset so if you can wake up that early good on you go
out and highly recommend that there's another great way to get some good
lighting so tip number two neon signs neon signs is a huge craze all over
Instagram as you probably know already you probably shot some I think it's a
really cool way to photograph a model it lights them up really nicely so it might
be say for instance this photo I took three nights ago was in Chinatown
there's this light and I placed the model in front of the lining and I got
her to pull her hair out so that the lighting was coming behind her and it
was sort of reflecting the edges of her hair and made them look like they were
red and like they were alight which was a pretty cool effect so I think that
definitely improves the photo rather than just taking a photo to say during
the middle of the day or just at night in the city where it might be dark I
think having that back lighting of the neon can really help improve your photos
as well as just being another creative way to take your photo and I would say
one more last thing about I wouldn't say it's more of photography tip I'd say
it's more of a post-processing tip which is the editing I know I've done one
editing tutorial I'm gonna be doing a lot more in the future
personally I like to not over edit my photos I like it to be more about the
photo itself and editing is just enhancing it
so just keeping it simple in general and even with your photography I think it's
a good way to go who that being said that's the end of the video ah got you
there still one more tip one more surprise tip so this third tip is kind
of a sort of a mental tip I guess and that is actually shooting with friends
shooting with photographers who you like and who have the same interest in you I
think that's a really good way to improve your photos and take better
photos you can bounce ideas off of each other
don't worry about oh we might be getting the same photo if we go and shoot
don't worry about that life's too short to worry about that shit it's just a
photo at the end of the day but honestly shooting with your your mates is a really
good way to improve yourself as a photographer and just like I said
bouncing those ideas off of each other sharing different new angles of
photography different shots that you have in mind
you might say oh hey I've got this shot in mind I think that it looked really
cool and then your friend might be like oh I seem to know this shot and then you
might end up with this really awesome photo that you sort of conjured simply
because you shared your ideas and you were shooting together on that same
day so I think that as a last tip is pretty good and it's one that I do often I'm
constantly shooting as I'm sure you know i'm shooting with my friend Mike he's
@Northborders on Instagram and yeah we bounce a lot of ideas off of
each other so I would highly recommend you go out and shoot with some of your
mates. So that brings us to the end of this video guys let me know any feedback any
videos that you want to see from me or just any general comments that you had
about the video that would be great just comment that down below and I'll read
all through them through that being said we'll see in the next video.