Experimental Photography Techniques
Whether a beginner or a professional photographer, you can use techniques to create interesting and creative photographs. Experimental photography techniques refer to manipulations of photographs, including processing, in-camera techniques and digital editing.
Taking Photos
Experimental techniques practiced when taking a photo usually require a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, which allows you to view your photos almost immediately. Not focusing the picture, or not focusing on the foreground, combined with changing colors can result in sinister-looking photographs.
Extending exposure, a function usually used to take photos at night, leads to pictures with lines of light or blurred movement. On older manual SLRs, photographers can also double exposure photos by not advancing the film.
Processing
Varying processing techniques include changing chemicals used to process photos, pre-exposing or over-exposing parts of the photographic paper, or positioning objects on the paper and exposing it to light.
Digital
Built-in settings on a digital camera can change the photograph in various ways. Varying the white balance setting alters colors, giving effects such as high saturation or streaks of color. Using the flashes in different ways, such as a red-eye reduction flash on a night sky, can produce photos that look like paintings.
