Methods of Abstract Photography

In many ways creating abstract photographs is like painting while blindfolded. You can’t know for certain what is happening inside the camera until the creation process is completed and the blindfold removed. Fortunately the instant feedback of digital photography makes it easy to recalibrate and try again.

In creating my own abstract photographs, the components that go into creating a composition include the setting, scene lighting, camera motion, scene/object motion, lens zoom, lens filters, aperture size, and exposure duration. The two common elements to all of my abstract photography are time and motion – with motion being either camera motion, target motion, or both.

To create an abstract photograph that works for me aesthetically can take many attempts at photographing a scene. In some instances I will later combine multiple exposures of the same scene to construct the final image. And sometimes no matter how many attempts I make I fail to create a photograph that satisfies my sense of aesthetics. In those cases I just move on.

The most wonderful thing about abstract photography is that every project is an adventure with its own unique challenges. Personally, it is this creative exploring that makes abstract photography the most interesting category of photography.

Examples of my abstract photography can be seen in the title”Abstract Photography Gallery”>Abstract Photography Gallery

Updated 12/10/2014