Different View on a Tripod

The first thing everyone does when you give them a camera is to look in the view finder and shoot.  That is whether they are sitting or standing up.  To be a good photographer you need to look at different angles.  Shoot low.  Shoot high.

The worst thing is when your camera is on the tripod.  It stops you from looking from different angles.  You just end up shooting "tripod height".  But that doesn't have to be it.  Your tripod can be used differently.  The following shots will show you different angles using a tripod.

This was taken with the tripod only using it's lowest set-up.

 These two were taken using the tripod on it's longest legs and lifting it with the camera.  I pre-focused on a nearby object with the same distance as when I raise the tripod and used a 2 second timer for the shots.

Limitations

How does one become a good athlete?  They practice.  How does one become a good painter?  They practice.  So how does one become a good photographer?  That's right.  They practice. As a photographer, its not only your technique and how well you post process your photos.  You would also need to have a keen eye to know what would look good in your shots.

Last week, I went on a Photo-Walk with my SAPI (Sony Alpha Pilipinas & International) friends and a Nikon and Canon user.  I wanted to learn something new on this Walk.  So what I did was I limited myself on taking only b&w photos at a 16:9 field of view.  At first, I was having a really hard time and all my photos were coming out as a flt picture.  There was no real pop to it.  I was really getting frustrated and wanted to go back to using coloured.  But I persisted and after taking time to actually look at my surroundings and a few more shots, I began to see in b&w.  Here are the results. 

Next time you shoot, put limitations on yourself and you'll learn something.  It could be the focal point of your lens like only using your 50mm, or only shooting on a tri-pod, or only at a fixed shutter speed or aperture, you're sure to learn something new.  Btw, all this photographs were taken at f22.