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Home   /   Lightroom Tutorials   /   5 Ways to Enhance a Boring Photography Location

5 Ways to Enhance a Boring Photography Location

By Anna Gay on September 06, 2019 | No Comments

5 Ways to Enhance a Boring Photography Location

How to Enhance a Boring Photography Location

I’m pretty sure we have all been in this situation, at least once: you’re hired for a shoot, and the location is far from aesthetically pleasing.

Whether you’re shooting portraits, commercial work, or landscape photos, there are plenty of ways you can work around the fact that you’re in a not-so-interesting location.

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1. Shoot From Interesting Angles 

Take a moment to look at the scene, visualizing angles that will make your composition more interesting.  Sometimes, changing your perspective and shooting from a higher, or lower angle than you would normally shoot will make all the difference in the world, and will also help take attention away from the boring aspects of the location.

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2. Experiment with Focus

If you are photographing people, try shooting with a wide aperture in order to blur out the location, and bring focus to your subject.  If you are not photographing people, look for interesting details in the location, and focus in on those details, rather than the scope of the scene.

Here is a great post on experimenting with focus!

3. Lighting

If you have a flash, or any type of studio light, a little bit of light can go a long way in upping the interest factor in your photos.  Experiment with high and low key light, and also, similar to focus, look for interesting details in the location to accentuate with lighting.

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4. Time of Day 

A location may be uninteresting at one time of day, but at a different time of day, it may look completely different.  Try shooting during the golden hour – either early in the morning, or late in the evening, to achieve golden, hazy light.

Or, think about how the scene would look photographed at night, shot with a long exposure.

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5. Post-Processing

When in doubt, try editing your image in Lightroom and/or Photoshop!

Keep in mind that you shouldn't over-edit photos taken in a boring location. If you do over-edit, it can appear as though you are over-compensating, and end up actually drawing more attention to your uninteresting location.

Keep it simple – see how the image looks in black and white, or try your hand at (extremely minimal) HDR, in order to bring out more highlights and shadows.

All of the above images on this blog post were edited with "Henna" from Pretty Film Bohemian.

Conclusion

These are just a few of the many possibilities for making a location appear more interesting.  Do you have any tips or tricks you would like to share?

Do you have any questions or comments about How to Enhance a Boring Photography Location?   Leave us a comment below - we would LOVE to hear from you!  And PLEASE SHARE this post using the social sharing buttons (we really appreciate it)!

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Pretty Presets for Lightroom author Anna Gay

Anna Gay

Portrait Photographer

Anna Gay is a portrait photographer based in Athens, GA and the author of the dPS ebook The Art of Self-Portraiture. She also designs actions and textures for Photoshop. When she is not shooting or writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband, and their two cats, Elphie and Fat Cat.

September 06, 2019

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