Change your perspective and break the "rules"!

I went out to the front of my house on the 4th of July intent on taking a picture of the American flag that I could post on Facebook and Twitter. 


I stood and took pictures of the flag flapping in the wind from one side 

and then moved to the other side.

 All the pictures were just "blah". I was looking for inspiration. 


Then I walked under the flag, looked up and noticed the sun. The sun was high in the sky. As all photographers know, taking pictures with the sun high up in the sky is not the optimal lighting. But what I did notice was the sun shining right through the blue field on the flag making an interesting pattern. I found my inspiration. 


So, I laid down on the hot cement and positioned myself under the flag.  Of course I didn't lay down in the perfect spot, so I had to slide around a little to get in the perfect position to nail the shot.  I waited for the wind to start blowing again and when the flag was flapping around in the air, and more importantly, in front of the sun, I took my shots. Yes, that's right, I shot directly into the sun.  


When the blue field of the flag was between me and the sun I was able to get some pretty good pictures. This is my best one and after a little cropping,  I posted to Facebook and Twitter to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July.

I've heard the rules of photography from many professional photographers. I've also heard the same pros say "Now that you know the rules, break them", which is what I ended up doing.  


Move around, change your perspective, look up and look down because you never know where you will find your inspiration. 


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