Just because we can't get out and about like we
normally would, doesn’t mean we have to stop taking
pictures. There’s still plenty you can do, provided
you're prepared to use some imagination. Here are a
few ideas to keep you shooting until normal life
resumes.
Most photographers love to shoot the unusual, and
you don’t get much more unusual than These
Unprecedented Times. Right now everything counts as
out of the ordinary. There are a number of
remarkable things about these lockdown days that are
worth photographing now so we can remember them when
it is all over.
Most photographers find it hard to see interesting
pictures in places in which they are most
familiar. A trip somewhere new seems always
exactly what our photography needed, as shooting
away from home consistently inspires us to new
artistic heights.
Streets empty that are usually busy are remarkable
and can evoke the sense of historical pictures from
before the invention of the motorcar. Other things
that are different at the moment will be queues to
get into stores and the lines marked out on the
floor to show how far apart we should be.
Pretend everything is new and that you haven’t seen
it before, and then you will be free to notice the
leading lines, the places where one edge meets
another in delightful geometric harmony, and how the
ordinary things in the kitchen are transformed when
the light is on or off.
The trick here is to look slowly, and then look
again. Take the time to look in detail and to look
at the same thing from different angles, with
different light, long lenses and wide lenses. Then
move to the left a bit. You may never feel the need
to leave the house again.
