ABSTRACT

Photo Op is a photo projects book with a difference. Featuring 52 inspirational ideas, backed up by jargon-free practical guidance, it is packed with cliche-busting images from some of the best, brightest, hottest photographers working in the Flickr community - many of whom already have a cult following. This book offers a weekly dose of creative inspiration for photographers and images-makers of all levels, and features diverse challenges ranging from quick-fire results to more immersive techniques. Photographers and image-makers are always on the lookout for inspiration and guidance, and Photo Op provides both in a fun, accessible format that will kick-start creativity, enhance skills, and build confidence behind the lens.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|6 pages

Portraits

A key skill

chapter 2|4 pages

Low-down

A rat's-eye view

chapter 3|6 pages

Light painting

Creative entertainment

chapter 4|6 pages

Keeping inspired

A receptive mind

chapter 5|6 pages

Redscale

Warming up your photography

chapter 6|4 pages

Jump shots

A true show of emotion

chapter 7|6 pages

In the water

A unique angle

chapter 8|4 pages

Landscapes

Just you and the scene

chapter 9|6 pages

Every subjects

Wonder in the mundane

chapter 10|8 pages

HDR: High dynamic range

Hyperrealistic, painterly images

chapter 11|6 pages

Zone-focus

The Lomo LC-A and friends

chapter 12|6 pages

Working with models

Out with the rule book

chapter 13|8 pages

Aerial: kite shots

A bird's-eye view

chapter 14|4 pages

Avoiding tourist clichés

Unfamiliar surroundings; unusual views

chapter 15|4 pages

Polaroids

Your portable friends

chapter 16|6 pages

Pinhole

Extreme depth of field

chapter 17|6 pages

Off-camera flash

Get creative

chapter 18|4 pages

Animals

A pet's-eye view

chapter 19|4 pages

Long exposures: night

Capturing motion

chapter 20|6 pages

Silhouettes

Striking black

chapter 21|4 pages

Reflections

Puzzling perspective

chapter 22|8 pages

Time-lapse

Speeding life up

chapter 23|4 pages

Getting the right light

It's all in the timing

chapter 24|6 pages

Events

Storytelling through pictures

chapter 25|6 pages

Tilt-shift

A different perspective

chapter 26|6 pages

Cross-processing

Super-saturated color

chapter 27|4 pages

Minimal

Stripping back the clutter

chapter 28|4 pages

Architecture

A considered approach

chapter 29|4 pages

Cut-outs in-camera

There's something in my Holga

chapter 30|4 pages

Macro

My Lilliput

chapter 31|6 pages

Children

Carefree play and a natural smile

chapter 32|6 pages

Double exposures

A different view

chapter 33|4 pages

Perspex reflections

Two pictures in one

chapter 34|6 pages

TtV: through the viewfinder

Doubling up

chapter 35|4 pages

Backgrounds

Emphasis, scale, and meaning

chapter 36|4 pages

Shallow depth of field

Isolating your subject

chapter 37|4 pages

Action sampling

Sequenced images

chapter 38|6 pages

Star trails

Spinning space

chapter 39|6 pages

Concerts

Performance and display

chapter 40|6 pages

Camera phones

Observation and spontaneity

chapter 41|6 pages

Aerial: plane shots

Just say no to the in-flight movie

chapter 42|6 pages

Sprocket-hole

Take it to the edge

chapter 43|4 pages

People montages

A composite view

chapter 44|6 pages

Black-and-white

Monochrome vision

chapter 45|4 pages

Wide-angle

A bigger picture

chapter 46|4 pages

Colored flash

Brighten your world

chapter 47|4 pages

Full-moon lighting

An eerie quality

chapter 48|6 pages

Panoramas

A combined whole

chapter 49|4 pages

Camera tossing

Embracing camera shake

chapter 50|4 pages

Patterned bokeh

Quality blurring

chapter 51|4 pages

Long exposures: day

Slowing the world down

chapter 52|3 pages

Get an audience

Share the joy

chapter 53|2 pages

Camera types

chapter 54|5 pages

Photography fundamentals