Re:Finding Photo Opportunities Near Home
by robinsonb5 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @01:22PM
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Yeah, it's good to step outside the comfort zone sometimes. Most recently for me that was taking photos at a cycle event - trying to remember to pay attention to the background and framing even in the heat of the moment!
Repetition is helpful in discovering what we like about particular kinds-of picture and learning successful techniques.
Some public events explicitly provide a role for volunteer photography and policy for that role:
https://volunteer.parkrun.com/principles/photography-policy
Every week there will be a group of people running and jogging and walking around the same 5k parkrun courses. Every week is another opportunity to make pictures from a different position, or make different pictures from the same position, or perfect the same picture.
But I do have a desire to produce great photos that meet my own standards of quality and including people is one of my personal standards.
If you've never tried such a thing, I recommend you try at least once to produce an album that includes a lot of photos interspersed with a good amount of people and portraits. Its definitely more uncomfortable to create such an album but personally, for me it enhances the album much more. Just a recommendation from one introvert to another.