Photographing La Push (no, not the vampires)
This weekend I’m off to Forks, WA for a three day photo session with a couple of friends from work. The area is much better known for vampires, thanks to the popularity of the Twilight series of books, but we’re not going for vampires. We’re going for the beautiful scenery of the beaches around the Quileute town of La Push. In particular we will be spending quite a bit of time shooting at Second Beach, even though low tide and sunrise/sunset times don’t exactly match. The weather looks to be just about what we expected: rain, rain, and more rain. But we won’t let that stop us!
Our last trip to the area was in very late December, just after Christmas. We spent three dedicated days shooting, and while there I forced myself to shoot everything in black and white, with a square crop. It’s amazing how a couple of simple restrictions on how you can photograph make such a difference. I was completely re-energized and had a ton of fun exploring textures and forms rather than smashing colour.
I haven’t yet decided what restrictions I’ll put on my shooting this time, but I’m thinking it will be something to do with odd numbers. We’ll see.
Have you ever put arbitrary restrictions on yourself when photographing? What were the restrictions? Did they help or hinder your creativity?
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