How to Take Boring Photographs
With so many people taking wonderfully creative, Photoshopped, designed by rule of thirds photographs we are fast losing the ability to take good old fashioned, deadly boring photographs.
Here are a few tips to help you take boring photographs:
Photograph a red rose; put it in the centre of your photograph
Take landscapes with nothing in the foreground
Take photographs of insects and flowers in the same shot
Buy every piece of software available and sit at your computer for hours
When the tour bus stops, stand with the other 40 photographers to take your shot
Fiddle endlessly with your camera’s controls while taking people shots
Photograph your dog half in shade and half in sun
Take photographs of ‘gauzy’ (soft focus) ladies
Photograph a sunset with the sun just above the horizon and an empty foreground
Photograph your new baby or grandchild from the ‘ogre’ position (standing directly above the baby)
Spend endless hours talking about camera equipment and no time travelling and taking photographs
Follow ‘photographic rules’ rigidly
Wait until people clear from your street or landscape shots
Join a class that specializes in shooting nubile young models, using (misusing) umpteen studios lights
Follow these simple guidelines and quite soon you’ll have your very own collection of deadly boring photographs.
© Dale Neill 2011 http://boringphotographs.blogspot.com
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