“Instant Inspiration” is my series for you if you look for something to overcome “Photographer’s Block” or simply want to shoot something that you have never tried, or at least not recently. With episode 30 (!!) I want to inspire you to go looking for those different kind of face….
During the course of the last couple of days, while doing some Street Photography, I came across three oversized faces on buildings in three different cities: Chicago, Dresden and Bayreuth. Which prompted me to do a post about them, as murals (or billboards) with big faces are not that unusual.
So why don’t you pick up your camera and go face-hunting in your own city. You might be amazed what you discover. Look for different ways to place them in your frame, as I show you in my examples here in this post. Look for reflections, frame then in a creative way or put yourself into the image in a nice juxtaposition.
You can also try to include real people in the frame, which can result in great juxtapositions.
So next time your are out with your camera, go looking for that different kind of face.
If you look for more “Instant Inspirations”, you will find them and all my Street Photography quick tips in my free Learning Center.
Wish you all a great Tuesday!
Marcus
Related Posts:
Instant Inspiration (11) – Change of Perspective
Street Photography Quick Tip 5 – Composition – the hidden subject
Wow! Beeindruckende Serie! Jedes Bild der Knaller, zusammen Oberknaller!
LG Daniel
Danke Daniel, freut mich sehr! LG Marcus
We only live a little over an hour from there so we go there regularly.
Lucky you, what an awesome place for street photography! Wish you a splendid week! Marcus
You were here! When?
Two weeks ago 🙂 but just for a day….
WOW! The top photo looks like a place in Chicago!
You are spot on – next to the Millennium Park!
I love murals and these are amazing!! I know we have a few around here. I need to find out if any are faces. Sounds like a good “treasure hunt”! 🙂
Good I did inspire you, Amy! Hope your weekend weather is better than ours, we are supposed to get snow again 🙁 crazy times….
Oh my goodness! Snow?! FYI- I did cast my vote, but not sure my comment showed up (maybe randomly placed in spam?)
Thank you for the suggestion. I am going to try it for sure.
Glad you liked the inspiration, Jim! Have a nice weekend! Marcus
Amazing. Loved that you included and memorialized part of your own face in one of the shots. Great work as always. Your creativity is out of this world.
Thanks, my friend, your kind words mean so much! Hugs! Marcus
Always from the heart and you are amazing. On many levels. Have a great week.
Interesting idea, Marcus. Where is Bayruth?
Great you liked it, Arv! Bayreuth is a town about 45 minutes by car north of Nuremberg.
What a beautiful series, Marcus! I must say I’m partial to the a artist’s self-portrait — and also the blue man with a fire hydrant for a nipple. (Because the only thing that makes these murals better is an extra shot of creativity.)
Thanks for your kind words, Heide, so much appreciated! Wish you a nice weekend! Marcus
I’m curious on how you did the selfie Marcus. Are you standing in front of a photo of the 2 women ? or is there a real life woman in the mix?
Neat of you to have a photo where we’re thinking “How’d he do that?”
Thanks for commenting, Sandy, so much appreciated! I was standing in front of a billboard add at a train station. It is a photo of two women where I put myself into the mix.
Terrific, especially that first photograph!
Thanks, so much appreciated! Marcus
That is so wonderful, Marcus! These photographs are Art!
I also like a lot your selfie, it’s highly creative and unique!
Best wishes to you!
Thanks for your kind words, Kaya. Hope you had a good week! Marcus