Practice with 50 mm equivalent
Sometimes the most difficult lens to use to take a really fine photo is the one that’s closest to normal eyesight. That’s because there are no “weird” or unusual effects to make the photo dramatic. So the creativity is in your hands, not in the wide or zoom lens.
Practice taking photos with a 50mm equivalent lens. For Canon Rebel with an APS-C sensor, that would be roughly a 30-35 mm lens. You can use a zoom lens set to that length OR even better get a prime lens and practice with that.
[Since the Boardman prime lenses are 24, 50, 85, you might try either the 24 or 50, though the 24mm will be “wider” and the 50 “narrower” than normal eyesight. It may still give you a sense of moving your body and angles to compose a good photo].Your task is try to see what might not be immediately obvious but is interesting to look at–colors, composition, subject, angles, whatever. All at the same focal length, as close as you can to what the normal eye sees.
To do this well you will need to move your body into many different positions–the photo doesn’t have to be what a lazy person see. Try to aim for what a really curious person [someone who just landed in your country or on your planet] might see, or find interesting. De-familiarize yourself with the “ordinary” cliches that we all see when we’re not actively “looking”.
Post 4-6 images in a gallery, with captions explaining why they are interesting to you, or might be to us.
You may want to review the videos from this week for tips and examples:
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