What is abstract photography?

What is abstract photography?
Abstract photography is unlike most other types of photography -rules, such as composition and accurate focusing hold no values.The abstract photographer uses his creative imagination to createstunning works of art.

Abstract photography is a popular form of art and the rewardsfor a good abstract photographer are most worthwhile. Art buyerspay large amounts for good abstract work.

Abstract photography is a process of using colours and patternscombined to create an image, with no true meaning or no clearsubject involved. Abstract photography is not necessarily going tomean the same thing to everyone. Abstract photography leaves moreto the imagination and helps us concentrate on texture and colourrather than the whole subject.

If you are looking to try a new form of photography, abstractphotography will certainly be an enjoyable challenge and veryrewarding if you master the true art.Creating an abstract image can be easy - creating a greatabstract image is difficult. One of the most simple ways ofcreating an abstract image is by using water and your cameras'shutter combined. Shooting fast flowing water, with a slow shutterspeed of one second will give you a blur effect. This is quitesimple to do, but will it look attractive?

This will depend on light - shooting water with a slow shutterspeed when the sun is low in the sky will give your image moreattractive colours. Different films will also produce differentcolours. Adding colour filters will also improve your abstractphotography. If you are using a digital camera, filters can beadded later with Photoshop.

Using a slow shutter speed to shoot a flag blowing in the windwill also give you an abstract image. The trick to keeping abstractphotography attractive when using your cameras' shutter is to croptightly. Fill the view finder with the blur image.

Some kinds of macro photography can be considered as abstract.Closeups of flowers and other plant life will make great abstractsubjects. As with shooting water - macro abstracts should becropped tightly and the image should have a theme of colour. Somestreet lights can also create abstract photographs.

Every where we go we are surrounded with colour, textures andpatterns. Patterns make for great abstract images. New patterns areformed by nature every day and this is the best place to start tocreate marketable abstract photographs.