Completely new to this, hope I am not repeating someone! I am currently travelling around the world in 6 months, I have always enjoyed photography but am very much still learning. I bought a Sony A-200 just prior to leaving NZ and have slowly been working things out over the past few months. 350 words starting now :P
After having never been out of NZ and seeing some of what I now have the best tip, and seemingly very fitting is Perspective. This is an incredibly diverse word in photography and so I will discuss my Perspective and interpretation as such. In any day where I have taken photos I try to take ones of the things I enjoy and then the things I dont know much about. Example, I like to rock climb, but the perspective could be from the eyes of the climber, or at the climber - looking from below or above, macro of the gear. All perspective. Imagine (my closest substitute in lieu of a photo) looking down along the line of a rope, the crisp detail of the thread and pattern, with a climber below, out of focus but lead into the shot by the rope. Then, find something you may want to learn about and do the same, change the settings from standard to macro, this is the best way to have the holistic view down to the very detailed - this kind of shooting makes a great series of photos. Example, beekeeping, A view of someone in beekeepers garb smoking the hives (wide angle), close up of the bees clinging to the honeycomb, the golden amber as it flows into jars (background blurred - small aperture again).
And so, in a day you have enjoyed yourself with your hobby (my rock climbing), you have watched and learnt something new (learning is one of the greatest things I get from my photography) and you hopefully have a great series of photos to depict the entire experiences, contrast and compliment, its all there with a little perspective! 350 words stop.
This has been a valuable approach for me as I observe the very different ways of life and allows me to record and later remember so many big and little things. Hope someone gets to read this and maybe looks at their photography a little differently (theres that P word again)
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