10 creative techniques to try NOW
The term ‘creative photography’ is used so often now that it’s not only a cliché, but it’s become hard to know what creative actually is or means. Some photographers might call a blurred ‘abstract’ shot creative, while others might simply see it as a badly exposed image.
Before we delve into any techniques, then, let’s decide what a creative image is. We’d define it as a shot that intentionally uses or adds extra elements – such as light trails, layered exposures or editing effects – to change the image from what was originally shown in the scene. We see it as adapting or enhancing reality in a scene, if you like. Sometimes feeling or being creative is anything but straightforward. It’s not a state that we can will ourselves into, and we all need a little nudge of inspiration from time to time. So over the next few pages, we’ve gathered 10 creative techniques to try. There are different levels of complexity; some can be captured with nothing more than your camera and a kit lens, while a few require specific lighting kit, filters or software.
We didn’t have room to explain each technique in full. Instead, this feature is designed to give you some quick-fire explanations, handy hints, and project ideas to spark off that little light in your imagination and embolden you to try shooting something new.
01 Levitating camera
Combine frames to make
