Look at the following autumn photo. Don't you feel like you've seen it before? Most likely, you have never seen it before, but there must be millions of autumn photos like this, with trees, leaves fallen to the ground, a bench, a path and a road next to it. What is that to the left, a church perhaps? The woman would go in to visit the temple and her husband, bored, would stay outside taking this photo.
An autumn photo.
One more picture.
The photo is beautiful. But we have seen so many similar autumn photos that it ends up being very seen even without having seen it.
Autumn is, however, a beautiful season, rich in photogenic elements, and with a point of light difficult to achieve at other times of the year. What happens to us that we all start photographing the same thing, always? In the fall we are presented with hundreds of images daily that we do not pay attention to because we think that autumn is a series of trees with leaves falling to the ground.
Here are 7 very creative ways to capture the beautiful things of autumn that take place before our eyes every day.
1) PHOTOGRAPH THE MORNING FOG, TYPICAL OF AUTUMN
The fog that accompanies autumn mornings is a difficult composition resource to find at other times of the year. Also, it's almost random. You have to find the right time of day and place in order to find a fog bank that makes for interesting photography.
If you have the means to go to a forest early in the day, please do not stop taking advantage of it because you will be able to get some autumnal portraits that you will rarely see. If you can't go to a forest, nothing happens, an urban photo with autumn morning fog will leave you with a very gratifying result.
2) PHOTOGRAPH EVERYDAY LIFE, SOAKED IN AUTUMN LIGHT
No matter how beautiful a photo of leaves falling from a tree is, it is still a static image of autumn. Adding external and dynamic elements helps break the monotony of the image and adds story and content. People, bikes, any "extra" is likely to enrich our autumn photography.
3) LOOK FOR LIVING THINGS AND PHOTOGRAPH THEM IN THEIR AUTUMN ENVIRONMENT
Nature is full of life, and autumn is an ideal season to look for it and photograph it. If you are near a lake, or in the middle of a forest, surely you can find an endless number of models who are willing to pose for you, yes, as long as you don't get too close. So get yourself a good telephoto lens before you head out.
4) IT PORTRAYS TYPICAL AUTUMN FRUITS
Figs are as characteristic of autumn as dry leaves. Focus the photo on a fruit characteristic of autumn, the list is long and it can be used for all colors: figs, oranges, pears, kiwis, pomegranates, or berries are just a few examples.
In order for your autumn fruit photo to be different, try to create a good composition. Here you have the example of the photo of the figs. Look for a good source of light, preferably natural, and create contrast between the different elements of the composition.
It is always good to break the monotony in the composition by previously opening a few fruits and leaving them next to the pile of fruit, thus, again, we create a story and portray a photo of something that is somehow "in motion". Take a look at this photo of autumnal chestnuts. They make you want to put your hand in to try one.
5) AUTUMN AS THE BACKGROUND OF A PORTRAIT
Autumn photography and portrait photography are not contradictory. What if we make the model the main subject of the photo, relegating the autumn motif to a background to act as an "air freshener"? The contrast of colors and the movement of the leaves towards the ground can leave us a more lively and interesting portrait than if he were posing next to the fountain in the town square ?
6) THE FALLEN LEAF AS THE SOLE PROTAGONIST
Lie down on the floor and look for tiny symbols that refer to big things. Autumn leaves are usually photographed in groups, but if you get closer to a particular leaf and make it, for a thousandth of a second, the protagonist of the photo, you can take an interesting photo, very suggestive and full of stories, shapes and colors.
7) AUTUMN BACKLIT
Backlighting doesn't know about the seasons of the year, but in autumn the result of backlighting in nature is spectacular. The photo that illustrates this point must be from early autumn, since the tree still has part of its leaves, but as you will see, the contrast it creates when having the sunlight in the background makes the photo worthy of all admiration.
