You can get some very unique and funny pictures by playing around with levitation photography and it can be plenty of fun to do it with some mates. You'll probably find that you can get the best photos if you go out and have fun practicing this with a few different friends. Here are my levitation photography tips.
Setting Things Up
The set up is very straight forward. You should use a pretty fast shutter speed and hopefully a tripod, particularly if you are taking shots by yourself.
Something to point out is that you have to launch your body into the air and pose to make it look like you're floating while shooting, which means the expression on your face needs to be there as well as the position of your body. Some things that work well are pretending to be confused, as though you aren't exactly certain what is going on.
Getting a nice composition can go a long way, and you can spend some time to find somewhere interesting before shooting by considering what you would like to see surrounding the subject. Do you want people in the photos?
If you're not the shy type, you could experiment with this in a busy urban area, and you will undoubtedly get rather confused people staring at you. The people in the composition can look good in the photo as well, because they will also look surprised.
Another wonderful little secret tip is to pretend to levitate right outside a shop entrance/exit. As people leave the shop, they will really be surprised to see you launching your body into the air, and their natural dumbfounded faces, if included in the images, will add to the drama and uniqueness of each picture.
Clothing & Hair
Some factors can easily make your photos look obviously fake, like clothing or hair that makes it blatant that you are jumping in the shot. A good tip is to wear tight fitting clothes that can't escape from your body very much. Tucking your shirt into your jeans also helps.
To prevent your hair from making it obvious that you are jumping, you could wear a hat. You could also choose the option of shaving off your hair too, though I'm sure most of my female readers won't be going that far.
The Best Timing To Click
The shots will seem more realistic if you take the photo during the upwards motion of the jump, instead of when he or she is coming back down to earth under the pull of gravity.
As I mentioned already, you will be using a very fast shutter speed so that you can freeze the motion of the subject floating. Try using a setting like 1/500 of a second, or even 1/1000 of a second.
Once your model had enough time to practice some professional jumping styles and you have the right settings on your camera, the next thing to do is to walk around and find some more interesting places to shoot it. Like I said, the background should help you to get some great photos.
Utilizing Props
Another great little technique is to hold an object and throw it up a little bit into the air as you jump, to make it appear as though the object is also floating with you. There are hundreds of objects you could use, but I don't recommend anything that would be too expensive to break, for the obvious reason that you could fail to catch it when you jump. If you really want to use something like a camera or an iPhone, you can buy fake ones that look real enough for the shot.
So there we are. Levitation photography can be a very fun activity to do with friends, so go outside and floating in mid air with a perplexed look on your face!
Setting Things Up
The set up is very straight forward. You should use a pretty fast shutter speed and hopefully a tripod, particularly if you are taking shots by yourself.
Something to point out is that you have to launch your body into the air and pose to make it look like you're floating while shooting, which means the expression on your face needs to be there as well as the position of your body. Some things that work well are pretending to be confused, as though you aren't exactly certain what is going on.
Getting a nice composition can go a long way, and you can spend some time to find somewhere interesting before shooting by considering what you would like to see surrounding the subject. Do you want people in the photos?
If you're not the shy type, you could experiment with this in a busy urban area, and you will undoubtedly get rather confused people staring at you. The people in the composition can look good in the photo as well, because they will also look surprised.
Another wonderful little secret tip is to pretend to levitate right outside a shop entrance/exit. As people leave the shop, they will really be surprised to see you launching your body into the air, and their natural dumbfounded faces, if included in the images, will add to the drama and uniqueness of each picture.
Clothing & Hair
Some factors can easily make your photos look obviously fake, like clothing or hair that makes it blatant that you are jumping in the shot. A good tip is to wear tight fitting clothes that can't escape from your body very much. Tucking your shirt into your jeans also helps.
To prevent your hair from making it obvious that you are jumping, you could wear a hat. You could also choose the option of shaving off your hair too, though I'm sure most of my female readers won't be going that far.
The Best Timing To Click
The shots will seem more realistic if you take the photo during the upwards motion of the jump, instead of when he or she is coming back down to earth under the pull of gravity.
As I mentioned already, you will be using a very fast shutter speed so that you can freeze the motion of the subject floating. Try using a setting like 1/500 of a second, or even 1/1000 of a second.
Once your model had enough time to practice some professional jumping styles and you have the right settings on your camera, the next thing to do is to walk around and find some more interesting places to shoot it. Like I said, the background should help you to get some great photos.
Utilizing Props
Another great little technique is to hold an object and throw it up a little bit into the air as you jump, to make it appear as though the object is also floating with you. There are hundreds of objects you could use, but I don't recommend anything that would be too expensive to break, for the obvious reason that you could fail to catch it when you jump. If you really want to use something like a camera or an iPhone, you can buy fake ones that look real enough for the shot.
So there we are. Levitation photography can be a very fun activity to do with friends, so go outside and floating in mid air with a perplexed look on your face!
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