Ideas For An Abstract Photography
The ideas below are to inspire you to create your own contents and to guide you through it. You can start by finding abstract photos online and try to replicate them.
- Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)
An abstract photo can be made by intentional camera movement which is intentionally moving your hand while taking shots, like tossing.
- Reflection On Water
Whether lake, river or fountain, water has always been a good agent of fascinating photography creativity. Reflections on water can be so special for abstract creatives to make beautiful images.
You can also drop dye or colouring in water to make a perfect abstract image.
- Macro Shots
Taking very close shots on insects, flowers or plants sometimes makes a good abstract image.
Their texture and colour have a special feel when shot so close, to give the beauty of the colour and texture details instead of the common beauty of the subject/object.
- Blurry Trees
Blurring trees has always been subjects for Intentional Camera Movement. The best shots of blurring trees are made when the wind is blowing them around, then you can perform the dizzying circle which is performed by rotating your camera and the blurred streak which is performed by moving your camera up or down respectively during exposure, the end result is usually so nice.
- Composition
Though a lot of photography rules don’t apply in abstract shooting, a good photographer should make sure his abstract shots are clear in structure, composition and are explanatory with proper balance between those factors that directly affect the visual weight of the image like shapes, colour, pattern and texture.
Those are five ideas to help you have a proper knowledge of abstract photography and how it is shot and presented.
