Very special dates are coming, in fact, for many are by far the most special of the year.This is the most moving time of the year, during which we become a little more human (and more consumerists too?).of all of us, we’re getting acquainted. I’m not going to explain what Christmas means to you, because for everyone it means something different, yet there are common ground for all readers.You’re not going to deny me that you, like other readers, photograph every moment.We’ve already dedicated an article to giving you some tips for photographing these dates, in case you’d like to take a look, today I’ll give you some ideas to make your photo Christmas the most complete and, why not, original.He’ll present you with these ideas in such a way that you can tell a story, that of your Christmas.
The first thing you will do is send a greeting card, unless you have joined the new technologists who are waiting at the last minute to send (or rather transmit) a WhatsApp.But being passionate about photography, you’re expected to.a little bit and send a picture of yourself (from your author).What better way to start photographing Christmas than by creating your own postcard?Here’s an example.
- If you are one of the lucky people who still receives many printed greetings.
- You can put them all together in a beautiful place and immortalize them.
- Congratulations may be in the trash in ten years.
- But the photo will stay on the album with the best.
- Wishes of their senders.
If there is a time of year when it is a pleasure to walk and discover the environment, it is this.Everything is flooded with lights, ornate windows and crowded streets, a great setting to photograph Christmas in your city and set the context in yours.
And as we talk about lights, what better time to practice the bokeh effect than Christmas.You have a lot of lights around you that you can use, don’t you miss the opportunity?
Continuing with the lights, why not practice some light painting?
The time of nursery or tree installation is magical for everyone, but more for children when allowed to participate.If it’s a ceremony at home, why not represent it with the camera as well?The letter from the Three Wise Men (or Santa Claus)? Don’t miss those moments that often go unnoticed.
By the way? Did you see the bokeh in the background? ?
We are almost at the epicenter of the festivities and I do not want to continue without reminding you that there is also black and white photography, Christmas is very colorful and warm, yes, but that does not mean that it cannot be represented.in gray levels Don’t forget?
If you haven’t lived in Spain in a long time, you may not know what I mean, but if you’re from here, announcing the famous nougat, “come back, come back, come back?”Christmas?” (Don’t you remember this song every year?).Grain.Almendro Moment is the time when parents who live far away (the further the better), go home.You haven’t seen him come home with suitcases in a while, and he’s looking forward to giving you a hug, but where’s your camera?You can’t miss this emotional moment, it’s the essence of Christmas, beyond lights, gifts and carols.
With the whole family sheltered from the house, it’s time for portraits, in group or in isolation, you can try the traditional ones or try.Try to make funny, different or different portraits from a different point of view.
It doesn’t have to be a satire, can you change your point of view?
Or it might even be a good idea to photograph the whole family with a grimace.It’s a funny family portrait, and why not, a most surprising congratulations?
Find a photo you like about your childhood where you’re with your siblings or parents to celebrate Christmas, try repeating it in the same place and with the same postures and positions, it’s fun and endearing, and it’s a wonderful way to photograph.the passage of time.
This idea requires a little mental effort to develop your photographic eye and creativity, it’s about looking for scenes or details that are not only Christmas but that look like Christmas, see this example:
It doesn’t matter if you are Santa Claus or the Wizards of the East. Another “exercise” (a word I just made up to combine an idea with what can be a photographic exercise?) Practicing street photography at Christmas is looking for Santa Claus on the street. Do you dare?
Living Pregnant Christmas is a double happiness, I tell you from my own experience, let your imagination fly and portray a Christmas pregnancy, you can also use your belly to write a Christmas wish, do I know one who did it?
Another “exercise” to stimulate your creativity. Create a Christmas scene with dolls, a playmobile or anything you want but small and practice macro photography.
Christmas is always a party, and the parties are for fun, you can do it without your camera or with it, it is obvious that the authors of this photo had fun with it, dare you do the same?
If you are one of those who have this series of paparazzi you will like this idea, besides, is this so typical in Christmas movies ?, I mean to see through the window how people celebrate Christmas, do not let laziness stop you, put on your coat (if you live in the northern hemisphere, of course?) and look at the window (or windows), it could be yours or someone else;).
No matter how present your traditions are, you can’t forget that there are other cultures or religions that celebrate these dates differently, which doesn’t mean it can’t be a good opportunity to get your camera out, here’s an example.
Los adornos del árbol pueden servirte de algo más que de ornamento. Fotografía alguna escena familiar a través de su reflejo y seguro que los tuyos quedarán impresionados ? .
There is no Christmas without family dinner (or food), it is not the same, there is at least one day when you hang out with your loved ones and the food with which it is celebrated is important, and I am not talking about the dish itself, but above all that surrounds it.Try to photograph the whole process, from the kitchen, the time of the preparation of the table, when you are all and the table on the table.Capture details, emotional moments, looks, displays of affection, gift crosses and surprise faces when you open them.Everything in photography isn’t sharp, focus? Photography captures moments, never forget it.Feel what you are doing and that feeling will live in your images and those who contemplate them.
Good dates to convey tenderness in your images, isn’t it?If you have any questions about how to proceed, please refer to this article.
Close your photographic story as it deserves. If your city celebrates these dates with fireworks, much better, go ahead!Otherwise, you always have the option to use magic candles, very typical end of year.
And with this afternoon, I also finish the article, I hope that these twenty ideas have been useful to you and, above all, that you have a terrible desire to photograph Christmas, your Christmas, as if it were a story or a movie.And, if you feel like it, I’d really appreciate it if you’d share these ideas with your Facebook, Twitter or Google contacts, so their families can have a good memory Thank you and happy holidays!