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TIP
USE PRO

CAMERA MODE

F L O R A L A smartphone camera’s pro
mode allows you to adjust
multiple parameters
#9 Be including ISO, exposure
and aperture.
bold with

trying

new

ideas

EXPERIMENTING WITH “It’s now more important picking some tulips from my these would never be suitable Samsung Galaxy S8
new creative ideas is not only than ever to safeguard our garden. I positioned the flower for large prints, they do make
beneficial when looking to mental health, and photography in front of a computer screen fabulous images for sharing
improve your skills, it’s also is a great way to keep your that had a vibrant desktop across social media platforms.
a great way of understanding mind active. I’m one for background on it. The tulip I take a lot of inspiration from
what is actually possible. John experimenting with ideas and itself was lit from the front with others on these sites and from
Cuthbert certainly advocates am always attempting to try an ordinary desk lamp. magazines, so I’m hoping that
such experimentation, and his something new to see whether “I decided to take the pictures sharing my own images will
natural creative ability resulted it works or what effects can be using my mobile phone instead help inspire other enthusiasts
in the acquisition of this vibrant created. For this project, I kept of my trusty DSLR. While the into trying out new techniques
floral image. things simple and began by size and resolution meant that for themselves.”

L I G H T PA I N T I N G

#10 Paint shapes

with light

Nikon D750 | 50mm | 20sec | f/9 | ISO 100 him creating this striking butterfly-shaped light painting.
Self-proclaimed amateur photographer Peter Baird’s
constant experimentation with photographic ideas led to

“This technique takes a bit of time to set up but is more
than worth it when you get results like this. I hung a small
LED finger torch from the ceiling via a piece of string and
placed the camera on a tripod directly underneath. I then
selected bulb mode, an aperture of f/11 and a low ISO of
100 as a starting point. I set focus manually on the light tip,
turned off the room lights to make it as dark as possible,
swung the light in an oval motion and hit the shutter.”

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