15 Cool Photography Ideas And Techniques For Taking Great Photos

How do photographers get ideas for their next photo? Here is useful 15 cool photography ideas and techniques.

1.Surf around the internet and look at images in online galleries, papers and magazines.Go to Flickr.com and look through the photos there.

2.Visit exhibitions, galleries and art museums that have photography shows.This is the best way to learn the "visual language" of photography.These are the best places to learn art history from antiquity to present.You will also learn how light and color expressing methods were developed by highly talented people.

3.Movies are a great source of inspiration, which are only still images that are shown at 29.97 frames per second.You can get lots of photography ideas for lighting, concepts or just pretty images.

4.New techniques are often shown in photography books that you can later apply in your own work.

5.Pick anything and shoot it just to see what it looks like.This can be things around your house, in the garden, in the fridge, in the bedroom etc.It doesn´t matter what the subject is, it only matters how you shoot it.Digital does not cost so much.

6.Frame your next photo in your mind.Use different lighting and interest angles high and low.Instead of just pointing and shooting, consider composition.

7.Take the 20 step exercise if you lack inspiration.It means taking your camera, going outside and start shooting around.Each photographer has their own "trade secret", but taking 100 photos in an hour should do the trick.Some photographers suggest taking 100 shots within a 10 meter radius of where you are.

The 20 step exercise can also be done by going for a walk and taking a new photo for every 20 steps you take.Don´t just take any photos, try to make the photo interesting by using closeups, abstract or an unusual angle.The point is to develop your eye and learning to look more in-depth on things.

8.There are a lot of things to shoot at the local botanic garden or zoo.Make sure you plan a trip to these places regularly.      

9.Try different conditions.Shoot early in the morning or at sunset.Try to shoot in different natural light and fog for instance.
      
10.Old postcards can give you new ideas for a photography as well.We sometimes walk past something in our own city and never actually notice it´s potential for a great photography.Old postcards will also give you an idea for the best possible angle to shoot.

11.Another way to develop your eye is to "see" with your camera.Look through your camera for some time if it has a viewfinder.Look at the scene and imagine how the camera sees it.Find out if you were right by holding the camera up to your face.Do this several times until you can immediately tell what the camera will see.

12.Take tons of images, just shoot away! Then, sort them out ruthlessly.If 10% of your photos in one day are worthy, it is a good result.

13.Go to Shotaddict.com and enter a photography contest.You will get a lot of inspiration from contests.

14.Join interest groups and photography communities.It is often free to join, you will get lots of information and it is fun too.Share yourown photos and look at other members photos.

15.See your life in a whole new way by taking a photo a day.Keep your camera with you as often as possible.