Ordinary things
How many times did you feel unispired? How many times did you feel like there’s nothing to photograph? How many times did you read the same advice from a photographer to stop and just look around you? Yes, that closer look, the look for details and things that you are seeing on regular basis.
Let me give you two examples:
Susanne Helmert is taking photos of things “found” during walks. Masterfully she compiled some of them in a book called “Small wonders”
Giles Thurston is making art by photographing pallets!
There is no secret to what they are doing, it is simple: they are not affraid to look closely around them. Things might look boring to you because you see them every day but if you try to capture the details of “boring” things, a new world will open in front of your eyes.
The bellow images are just an example of what can be achieved with something ordinary like a handrail.
Do you feel that just capturing them is not enough? Do you want to get more out of your photos? I give you a simple solution: combine them in a triptych. Alternatively you can use your own creativity and use the photos in a different way.
I love this! I am tempted to print them and move them around my desk in a never ending puzzle.
Thank you for mentioning my book here. I think you pointed out one important thing here - starting to look for ordinary things is one thing, but looking at it from a photographers stand point a completely new one. Latter leads often to much more than just this one photo!
The rails are fun. Like Yasumi, I immediately thought it would be fun to play around with prints of them on a table or make collages out of them! 😃