It’s #TravelTuesday and I, Dave Williams, am here as always. Today I’m in rural England putting together the final pieces of a few projects before I head over the channel to mainland Europe again in a couple of weeks. One of the project is a new book all about shooting differently, so keep an eye on my socials for news about that.
Today I want to talk a little about how we can grow by forcing ourselves to be limited, and it’s all about using our phone.
When we’re working on improving composition it can be incredibly helpful to pick up our phone and challenge ourselves with it. The key is to not use the zoom feature but to move and walk around, employing the prime lens technique of ‘zoom with your feet.’
Having this easy method to experiment which test our capabilities and offers us a large image preview give us the opportunity to really open our eyes whilst having the limits we’re putting on ourselves. Being a great photographer relies so much on a combination of elements, including light, depth and composition, and it enables us to think differently and develop skills in the areas that are important to standing out and shooting differently.
When we have these skills that we acquire from pushing ourselves to think differently, thereby shooting differently, we can quite easily transpose these skills to apply to our regular photography. Standing our from the crowd is a huge factor for our growth and, if it’s the direction we want to go, in monetizing our photography. There’s also a lot of opportunity to grow in mobile photography that’s certainly worth exploring!
Give it a go – go set yourself a target and shoot some images exclusively with your phone that push your limits of creativity. And with that….
Much love
Dave
