You can get some very groovy and funny pictures by experimenting with levitation photography and it is also plenty of fun to try it out with your friends. You'll also find that you often get the best photos if you go out and have fun doing this with a couple of friends. Here are my top levitation photography tips.
Setting Things Up
Getting everything set up is pretty easy to accomplish. It is best to work with a fast shutter speed and hopefully a tripod if you have one, particularly if you are doing it by yourself.
Something to point out is that you have to launch your body into the air and pose to make it look like you're floating while shooting, which means the expression on your face needs to be there as well as the position of your body. Some things that work well are pretending to be confused, as though you aren't exactly certain what is going on.
Getting a nice composition can go a long way, and you can spend some time to find somewhere interesting before shooting by considering what you would like to see surrounding the subject. Do you want people in the photos?
If you're not the shy type, you could experiment with this in a busy urban area, and you will undoubtedly get rather confused people staring at you. The people in the composition can look good in the photo as well, because they will also look surprised.
One excellent small secret tip is to pretend to levitate right outside a shop entrance/exit. As people walk outside, they will really be surprised to see you launching your body into the air, and their naturally bewildered expressions, if captured in the photos, will add to the excitement and story of each picture.
Clothing & Hair
Some things can easily make your photos look obviously fake, like clothing or hair that makes it blatant that you are jumping in the shot. One small piece of advice is to wear more tightly fitting clothes that can't move out from your body by too far. Tucking your shirt into your pants also helps.
To prevent your hair from making it obvious that you are jumping, you could wear a hat. You could also choose the option of shaving off your hair too, though I'm sure most of my female readers won't be going that far.
The Best Timing To Click
The shots will seem more realistic if you take the photo during the upwards motion of the jump, instead of when he or she is coming back down to earth under the pull of gravity.
As I mentioned already, you will be using a very fast shutter speed in order to freeze the motion of the subject floating. Try using around 1/500 of a second, or even 1/1000 of a second.
Once your model had enough time to practice some convincing jumping styles and you have the right settings on your camera, the next step is to walk around and find some more interesting places to take the shots. Like I said, the spot you choose will help you to get some nice images.
Making Use Of Props
Another great little technique is to hold an object and throw it up a little bit into the air as you jump, to make it appear as though the object is also floating with you. There are hundreds of objects you could use, but I don't recommend anything that would be too expensive to break, for the obvious reason that you could fail to catch it when you jump. If you really want to use something like a camera or an iPhone, you can buy fake ones that look real enough for the shot.
So there we are. Levitation photography can be a very fun activity to do with friends, so go outside and floating in mid air with a perplexed look on your face!
Setting Things Up
Getting everything set up is pretty easy to accomplish. It is best to work with a fast shutter speed and hopefully a tripod if you have one, particularly if you are doing it by yourself.
Something to point out is that you have to launch your body into the air and pose to make it look like you're floating while shooting, which means the expression on your face needs to be there as well as the position of your body. Some things that work well are pretending to be confused, as though you aren't exactly certain what is going on.
Getting a nice composition can go a long way, and you can spend some time to find somewhere interesting before shooting by considering what you would like to see surrounding the subject. Do you want people in the photos?
If you're not the shy type, you could experiment with this in a busy urban area, and you will undoubtedly get rather confused people staring at you. The people in the composition can look good in the photo as well, because they will also look surprised.
One excellent small secret tip is to pretend to levitate right outside a shop entrance/exit. As people walk outside, they will really be surprised to see you launching your body into the air, and their naturally bewildered expressions, if captured in the photos, will add to the excitement and story of each picture.
Clothing & Hair
Some things can easily make your photos look obviously fake, like clothing or hair that makes it blatant that you are jumping in the shot. One small piece of advice is to wear more tightly fitting clothes that can't move out from your body by too far. Tucking your shirt into your pants also helps.
To prevent your hair from making it obvious that you are jumping, you could wear a hat. You could also choose the option of shaving off your hair too, though I'm sure most of my female readers won't be going that far.
The Best Timing To Click
The shots will seem more realistic if you take the photo during the upwards motion of the jump, instead of when he or she is coming back down to earth under the pull of gravity.
As I mentioned already, you will be using a very fast shutter speed in order to freeze the motion of the subject floating. Try using around 1/500 of a second, or even 1/1000 of a second.
Once your model had enough time to practice some convincing jumping styles and you have the right settings on your camera, the next step is to walk around and find some more interesting places to take the shots. Like I said, the spot you choose will help you to get some nice images.
Making Use Of Props
Another great little technique is to hold an object and throw it up a little bit into the air as you jump, to make it appear as though the object is also floating with you. There are hundreds of objects you could use, but I don't recommend anything that would be too expensive to break, for the obvious reason that you could fail to catch it when you jump. If you really want to use something like a camera or an iPhone, you can buy fake ones that look real enough for the shot.
So there we are. Levitation photography can be a very fun activity to do with friends, so go outside and floating in mid air with a perplexed look on your face!
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