ASSIGNMENT 65
Umbrellas
ASSIGNMENT
Some may say that umbrella pictures are cliché. But I think a good umbrella picture remains a good picture.
TECHNIQUE
Refer back to Assignment 59: Play in the Rain on page 150 and focus your attention on umbrellas. Think color for a playful look or black and white for a timeless feel. You may want to include parts of your own umbrella in your composition as a creative framing. If you have a clear, bell-shaped umbrella, you can shoot through it or use manual focus and concentrate on the raindrops like you would with a window. Think about a bird’s-eye view of many colorful umbrellas, something like a vantage point over a busy bus stop on a rainy day. If it’s a very windy day, you can predict that umbrellas will ...
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