In today’s episode with photographer Elaine Torres and AdoramaTV we will learn 5 simple yet creative ways to make your images stand out from the crowd.
Elaine shares: “Five objects that I’m going to be showing you [are] our clear glass and mirror, sharpies, yarn and translucent plastic bag. I’m going to be cutting the scene on the bags and sticking them to the background to create texture.”
“Now we’re gonna do the clear glass. I love a using clear glass because if you place it in front of your lens and in front of your subject, you can reflect the lights around the room and you can also add substances to the clear glass, like for example water. That’s going to produce these cool flares around your subject. “
Elaine continues with her 3rd object : “I will use this sharpie to draw designs on the background. This way you have endless possibilities for backgrounds… what I’m going to do today is basically draw her.”
“Now we’re using this beautiful and huge CYC wall, because I want the natural light to be bouncing off the walls, the ceilings, the floor. The reason I like to use mirrors in photography is to create more of experimental pictures, because it just creates so many illusions, and it alters your perspective, and it’s really cool and artsy.”
And for the last object Elaine’s choice is – “I love to use yarn because you can do a number of incredible effects with this. I’m going to use it by creating a design around the floor. You can also use it in front of your lens, and it will create a nice effect. “
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