{"id":158832,"date":"2019-07-27T22:13:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T05:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=158832"},"modified":"2019-07-27T23:59:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T06:59:17","slug":"shoot-more-randomly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/27\/shoot-more-randomly\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of Randomness in Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shoot More Randomly!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why shooting randomly will help improve your photography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

We cannot predict much.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A secret on making more photos (and accidentally good photos):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow yourself to shoot more randomly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This means, shoot more ambitious and random compositions, point your camera in strange positions, photograph while walking, and shoot a lot without looking through the viewfinder or looking through your LCD screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been doing this much with RICOH GR III<\/a> on 21mm adapter<\/a>, and have been making super fascinating photos and compositions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Shooting up for architecture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shooting in the Glorya Kaufman hall at USC — beautiful lights, shot at 21mm<\/a>. All shot while walking randomly, while tilting the camera left, right, and pointing it straight up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Uncertain lighting situations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you are photographing in certain situations where the lighting is a bit uncertain, just keep shooting and ‘working the scene’. Keep playing with the compositions, and keep shooting, and then determine the best shot later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Discover the composition while you’re shooting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is impossible to know what the best composition is going to look before-the-fact. Thus it seems the optimal strategy is to keep shooting and ‘working the scene’, and constantly experimenting with different and random compositions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Shoot the sky<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Impossible to know what the photos of the sky will look like. So just shoot the sky randomly– you will be surprisingly delighted with the photos you get!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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