Digital flash features were designed to give flexibility to the built-in flash that trapped photographers in a miasma of overlighting and red-eye image batches, or dark shadowy mysteries. A modern camera today will have a motorized zoom lens. This feature ironically costs battery life to run. Feeding a lens motor may cost you ideal photographic windows of opportunity.
Getting the whole shot in to the camera is half the fun, but a shot densely packed with objects just isn’t fun or interesting to some people. Concentrate on a certain element or tableaus within the shot. Crop to make this the entire subject of the shot. Sharpen and edge in a contrasting color, fuzzing the background or bringing up the color as needed.
Review the above image of Autumn seasonal objects arrayed on a kitchen counter. It should be evidently immediately that the objects all work from the warm Autumn palette of browns, oranges, rich dark reds and browns. Look at the background. These objects have been purposely organized against a cook texture of smooth tile and cool pink and glass inserts.
If you are reading this, turn off the computer grab your camera and go outside. There are infinite opportunities to capture the magic of Halloween and the decorations will only be up for another day or so. Get thee to the stores or get a snap of that neighbor’s dog dressed up as a vampire.
Find color where it is hidden. Look inside new areas to find utility and subject matter while providing color and interest. this image was taken from the back of a industry truck, while shooting a movie. The cable and cords must have some exact function, and some reason the colors are all different. This is what makes this picture interesting.