The Photography Tip of the Week #050
050 Photography Tip of the Week (audio)
Photoblock Challenge – Use your “worst”
I’ve made it to the 50th episode and it’s a tradition of the photography tip of the week to have a challenge every tenth episode. So if you are having photographer’s block, here is your challenge. Use your “worst” camera. Your best camera is always the one you have with you, but in this case I want you to specifically use your worst camera. So what is your worst camera? For me it’s easy, my mobile phone has a 2MP camera with very limited capabilities. But as I started working with it in preparation for this challenge, I found that it was much more capable than I originally thought. Below is a comparison of an unedited basic macro shot between my mobile phone and a DSLR.
As you can see it makes a pretty decent photo, much better than I was expecting. But it’s by no means capable of making ANY sort of photo. As you can see the color response isn’t as dynamic as the DSLR, but with some time in Photoshop that could easily be corrected. This challenge will allow you to discover the limitations of your own “worst” camera. In most cases you will need lots of light. So daylight will most likely be your best photos.
If you do take indoor or low light photos you will have slow shutter speeds to deal with, so expect some blurry photos. If you can brace your camera this will be minimized.
However, you can get some amazing photos working within the limitations. For me, I’ve found silhouette photos to work very well on my “worst” camera. What is your “worst” camera most capable of producing?
