[R101] Photography Growth Hack: Try This

" When you change your focus, your view of the world changes " (my favourite quote this week) Hello Hello 👋 We all have that one thing we love to shoot. For me, it’s landscape—capturing the dance of light over mountains, the whisper of wind through valleys, the raw stillness of a world untouched. But here’s the thing: sticking to the same style every time can sometimes lead to creative stagnation. Experimenting with different photography genres can refresh your vision, help you learn new techniques, and even bring fresh ideas back into your favorite style. The best lens is curiosity—zoom into the unknown. 🚀 Here are some reasons to mix it up and a few practical tips to get started ⛵ Break Out of Routine When you try something new, like portrait, wildlife, or macro photography, you force yourself to see the world differently. Changing your subject and approach challenges you to think about light, composition, and storytelling in fresh ways. ⛵ Improve Your Technical Skills Different genres require different camera settings and techniques. For instance, landscapes may push you to work with wider apertures and longer exposures, while macro photography makes you focus on minute details. Experimenting helps you become more comfortable with manual settings and editing techniques you might not use in your usual style. Travel light, shoot bold, leave with stories untold. ⛵ Boost Your Creativity Trying new genres is like giving your brain a workout. The constraints of a new subject can spark ideas that you can later bring into your portraits or other favorite styles. You might find that techniques you use in one genre, such as unique lighting or perspective adjustments, can add a creative twist to your regular work. ⛵ Discover What You Enjoy Most By exploring different genres, you may find hidden passions or skills you never knew you had. Even if you end up returning to your comfort zone, you’ll have grown as a photographer along the way. It’s all about broadening your creative horizons and seeing what resonates with you. ⛵ Enhance Your Storytelling Each genre has its own way of conveying a story. Whether it’s the vastness of a landscape, the unpredictability of wildlife, or the intricate details of macro shots, experimenting with these styles can teach you how to tell different kinds of stories. The new techniques and ideas you pick up can enrich your primary style, making your work more versatile and engaging. Step outside your comfort zone to capture true art. ⛵ Changing Perspective Landscapes teach flexibility - You can’t move mountains, but you can move yourself. Unlike portraits, where your subject is fixed, landscapes let you hunt for the perfect frame. Every click teaches you to work with what you’ve got. Wildlife keeps you humble - Ever tried telling a seagull to “turn left for better light”? Wildlife photography is chaos. You learn patience, anticipation, and how to nail a shot before your subject flies off. Abstract/macro tunes your eye - Abstracts force you to think about texture, light, and minimalism. Suddenly, that cluttered portrait backdrop? You’ll notice exactly what to crop out. Give yourself permission to try new things. You might be surprised by the fresh perspective and creative energy that comes from stepping outside your comfort zone. P.S.: Which genre will you try first? Hit reply and let me know! 🟢 Until the next email, Keep chasing horizons, one frame at a time and let's be mindful of our environment. Cheers!! 🚀 Planning Trip, Check 🔻 [product_category category="itinerary,checklist"] ⛳ join other fun stuff ✔️ New prints are available in the shop, check it out . ✔️ Rahul's Newsletter - Learning & Sharing Concepts Beyond Text Books. The JustDraft is a free newsletter to receive ideas shared with 2100+ people each week directly to your inbox. Join now to start practising change. ✔️ Buy Ready To Use Itineraries - Hand curated travel plans, maps, guides, photo editing presets and many more. ✔️ UK Weekender - Wondering where to go next weekend. Join Weekender and receive travel insights from the UK, epic photography spots every week in your inbox. 🚀 here are the tools I found interesting in last few weeks and still exploring 🎋 TextBehindImage is online tool uses advanced image processing to detect foreground and background elements, enabling seamless text placement. 🎋 Let's Enhance uses AI to automatically enhance and upscale images, allowing users to improve resolution, colors, lighting, and remove JPEG artifacts without manual editing. 🎋 Motionleap by Lightricks is a photo editing and animation app that brings still images to life by adding motion effects such as animated geometric patterns, skies and water movement. 📆 product update/offer In this section, I share any cool new product, feature released in past few weeks or newsletter subscriber only offers ✔ Skylum launched new tool called Aperty . It is photo editing tool for professional portrait photographers looking to decrease post-processing times without sacrificing quality. 🎁 [Giveway] Luminar Neo - For every purchase of Luminar Neo, you can get into the prize draw to win extra gifts like a camera (Fujifilm X-m5 or a DJI Osmo 3, and many gifts from Skylum) 🎁 [Offer for you] Epidemic Sound introduced Sync to video - Cool feature if you want to quickly make video with great sound collection. 📚 popular posts in the blog 📌 Adobe Lightroom vs Photoshop which one is better 📌 Master Light in Landscape Photography: Golden Hour, Blue Hour 📌 Best Place to See Cherry Blossom and Enjoy Spring in Japan 📌 Top free things to do in Tokyo 📌 Recommended cameras in 2024 for landscape photography 🍾 photo of the week Click here to see my favourite photo this week. For Print of any photos please reply here with photo link/url.

[R101] Photography Growth Hack: Try This

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