I am not a professional photographer, yet I consider myself to be quite creative and resourceful. So I love to read books and make reviews of them and one day I woke up thinking: what if I would try to make my book photographs more creative? I do not have to conform to any rules and I have the freedom to do as I please.
It is liberating to know that you can set you own creative direction without any external pressure. I am convinced that those who do creative book photography for a living might find it challenging as they have to conform to some requirements and standards as in what the market wants and what the client is willing to pay for. In my case , as I do book reading , reviewing and photographing for a hobby, I do not have to comply to such standards.
In my first attempts I was trying to look for props that I could use in my adventurous new challenge. I wanted to make the pictures look as fancy as I could without spending a lot of money on accessories.
Slowly I discovered that less is more.
I also discovered that it is vital to keep a colour balance in the frame, with the focus on the book. It takes a while to get used to thinking in more simple ways yet I admit that it made my brain fizzle with excitement.
We must always allow ourselves to do things beyond our comfort zones and the only limit is in our mind. Our imagination is limitless.
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