Here’s one more from the weekend. We found the drawer on the sidewalk. Figure out our settings there. Then pulled it out into the street.

Justin sent it to me to process and post because he felt it should be with the other pics. I put my watermark…just to put a watermark. But really, he was the photog. I was the creative.

It’s good to mix things up in photography. Sometimes you should photograph what’s there. Don’t intrude. Don’t interfere. Get the right angle and moment, but don’t touch a thing. However, at other times, you should have your hands all over the props. Find crap on the street. Pose things. Pose people. Construct the photo.

Two different ways of thinking as you compose your photos. One way is about using only the situation you’ve been given. See it from different angles. Anticipate what will happen. The other way is to see it all in your head and set things up to mimic that image.  I think it’s good for all photographers (and all artists) to exercise both modes because it opens your mind to new things. Also, I find that most photog jobs require me to use both modes of thinking to some degree.

Oh, and if you were wondering, this photo and all photos from the last post were taken during the middle of the afternoon. We just underexposed the ambient and went heavy on the flash power.

Keep mixing things up out there!

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

Quote from Bullet With Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins.
Thanks to Tim for putting the song in my head by quoting them in his comment on the last post.