EX106 Creative Constraints
“The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees oneself of the chains that shackle the spirit.”
Personally, I absolutely love working with constraints. I have a few very very clear ones:
Work in square
Work in monochrome
Use a 50mm equivalent prime lens
Use manual focus
Set aperture manually
Process minimally and in lightroom
Finish in Sepia and print on one paper
I also have a few other constraints I often use. There are around projects I have often named, like:
Monumental Monolyths
Our Love Affair with Trees
Ferns
Australian Native Orchids - photographed in as found in nature only
What constraints are you already using?
Write a list of the ones you already use. Whether it is all the time or just occasionally.
What constraints could you add?
Write a list of constraints you could add or use. Pick one, a new one, one from this second list.
Now go play with this extra constraint. Of course you may have more than one.
Post photographs of your restraint. Something that limited you. The walls of your box you can bounce around in creatively.
Post three photographs and tell us about your constraint you tried that was new.
Post your three photographs here https://lensclub.discussion.community/post/ex106-creative-constraints-11477760?pid=1323126567#post1323126567
The constraint here was to see if I could abstract the colours to create something so different to what I would normally do. Working in colour was one constraint. The other was the choice of colours that I would not normally use.
