I took a 30 Day Photography challenge in August 2020, where I pushed myself to try out new styles of photography. It felt like a crash course in photography that helped me in understanding light and shadow, composition, colour theory, and storytelling in a better way.
I got a few of my favourite photos printed from Zoomin. In this modern digital world, I’m still an old soul when it comes to photographs because the feeling of holding freshly printed photos is out of the world. I also bought a cool decorative clip set that came along with a thread to hang these photos on the wall. I got five square 8″x8″ prints from Zoomin in a glossy finish. The print quality is amazing, I had seamless experience on the website while placing my order. Plus, the delivery was swift. It offers quality photos at an affordable price. Therefore, I highly recommend Zoomin to get your snaps printed!
If you’re new to this blog, you can check out the previous articles of my 30-day challenge.
- 30 Day Photography challenge at Home: Day 1 to 10
- 30 Day Photography challenge at Home: Day 11 to 20
Here’s what the last ten days of my 30-day photography challenge looked like:
Day 21: Sunset
Sunset photography is a great way to show off landscape photography skills. However, due to lockdown, all I was able to bring to the table was a glimpse of my evening routine at home which is sipping coffee and watching the sunset.
Learning: The beauty of the sunset is not just the setting sun but also the kind of light it brings out. Therefore, if you are at home and want to try your hands at shooting a sunset, blend it with a prop to bring out some interesting compositions.
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Day 22: Slow Sync Flash
It is the technique of firing the flash at a slower shutter speed. It helps a lot in shooting night portraits by creating softer light on the subject as well as the objects in the background. An interesting technique that you can use while capturing light trails.
Learning: This is a technique that will up your night photography at a greater level. If you want softer light on your subject, use a diffuser or a paper napkin in front of your flash to spread the light evenly.
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Day 23: Panning
Panning is the technique of moving the camera horizontally to make the photos look more dynamic. It is liked by many because it creates an effect that is similar to a human turning their head left or right.
Learning: Camera movement and timing is essential. To capture motion, keep the subject in the same position as the frame for the duration of the exposure. Although, the length of exposure may vary depending on the speed.
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Day 24: Harris Shutter
Invented by Robert Harris of Kodak, is a technique of making colour photographs with the separate primary colour layers exposed in different time intervals in sequence. I feel it is a great way to capture motion.
Here is how you can click Harris Shutter Effect:
1. Click three images of the same subject.
2. Head to Photoshop and split the light into three spectrums R G and B.
3. Merge the three photos to create a single image. The areas where no movement takes place reproduces the original colour, giving you a spectacular spectrum of colours in the rest of the region.
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Day 25: Shallow Depth of Field
It means that only a part of the image is in focus. The background and sometimes the foreground is blurred. Works wonders in portrait, nature, and travel photography.
Learning: Keep the camera closer to the subject and keep the aperture as high as possible.
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Day 26: Light graffiti
Light graffiti is a simple concept of painting shapes with light with the help of long exposure.
Learning: You can use a torch, a sparkler, a fire, or even a still light source to paint your graffiti. Make sure to keep your aperture the lowest and shutter speed slow.
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Day 27: Macro Photography
Macro photography, also known as extreme close-up photography is my new love. It is a style where you capture tiny objects to make them look life-sized.
Learning: Use the camera in aperture priority mode for still objects and shutter priority mode for moving subjects.
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Day 28: Architecture
Architecture photography is all about buildings, monuments, interiors, and exteriors. The key focus is not on the speed or the shooting modes but the perspective and quality of the image.
Learning: Shoot in low ISO and RAW format and leave the rest to the editing tools to do their magic. 😁
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Day 29: Night photography
It is the style of capturing images at night. I have always found shooting at night to be tricky as it needs a lot more to ponder about camera settings and composition.
Learning: The setting might vary from picture to picture. However, it is ideal to set the ISO to a high value, aperture high and shutter speed low.
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Day 30: Hidden Camera Mirror Photo
It is the technique to capture mirror selfies without showing the camera. There are plenty of ways to capture this, but I took a shortcut by placing the camera on a tripod in a way the camera doesn’t appear in the mirror.
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I am glad that I was able to complete my 30-day challenge series. It was a great way to learn a plethora of new techniques. It wouldn’t have been possible without patience and determination. Hope you guys liked the series, you can follow me on Instagram, to get the latest updates.
