I was discussing blogging and blog features with a friend recently and realized…I should start one of my own! I do have the 10 Questions series but I want to do something more regular.
So…
Introducing: From the Hip Friday
You know when you’re in a new and exciting location but you feel just a little too shy to point your camera in someone’s face? Or you’re speed walking through town and just don’t have the time to stop? It’s times like these when I find myself shooting from the hip.
Shooting from the hip means you hold your camera at waist level and take a photograph without framing the scene in your viewfinder. For me, I usually get a blurry mess. But every once in awhile I manage to capture something I like. It’s definitely a skill I want to improve and luckily I found this site which has plenty of good tips and amazing examples.
Every Friday I will feature a photograph of mine or yours that was taken from the hip!
This one was taken on the street in Luang Prabang, Laos.
If you have a photograph that was taken from the hip that you’d like to share here, please contact me!
xo, jill
Jill you’re so hip.
This one is so cute! I like your idea for a feature. I totally shoot from the hip when I’m trying to be sneaky, but often I forget what was shot how! I think I take too many photos, it must be why!
Oh Jill, that is so crazy! I usually take my camera at lunch times in the city and most of my photos are from the hip.
Hopefully not tragically so. Hehe.
I really liked how I managed to get the little girls walking in the corner. Too bad I didn’t catch their faces! Thanks for sending me your from the hip photos!
I hope you’ll consider sending in a few of your shots!
wow. that´s a great idea. When I am shy to take a picture I usually don´t even try to take it. But I have to try it
yes, try it and then send me one of your shots for from the hip friday!
this is an incredible photo! i’m in love with this idea and will try to use it during my travels
Haha I love this idea! This photograph is nostalgic of my youth when I would skip along singing “Don’t step on the cracks, or you’ll fall and brake your back” taken from the children’s fantasy film The Land Before Time.