Get out of the rut and into new ideas - for beginners and advanced

Photography has design rules compliance actually almost automatically leads to pleasant, suitable public images. Leaving these rules ignore, then usually come to light images, the land quickly in the digital trash can. Martin Krolop shows how to do it, so despite breaking rules that does not happen. He takes in his latest DVD 'Breaking the Rules' the well-known rules of explains it briefly, and then shows how to break so cleverly or at least stretch, make a single good picture.

But the rules are not broken but frankly often bent. There are creative methods used to where the camera is often left in situations in his pocket to produce stunning pictures - or how one can develop from normal good photos away to creative images back. The Getting Started with the golden section is replaced by a central building, the pictures with extreme contrast up to work in the midday sun with the inclusion of hard shadows in the picture.

Unusual is certainly the first part of the video training. Is it usual that you start immediately with the camera and flash, Martin ponders Krolop only about the rules and their breakdown. Is perhaps strange at first and looks after time from stalling, but is very important to open yourself to put his own photograph in question and the subsequently shown by Martin Krolop implement.

For me it was exciting to see that the photographer is not taken up with great equipment. An F / T Camera (ok, not cheap) and if you work in the studio, the Standardlichtformern. It is more about the equipment very creative to use to generate new image looks. Be there. With high ISO numbers in b / w and the game with the correct 'wrong' white balance There is no excuse you can not imitate the because the equipment is missing.

I would the DVD now see not only essential as a guide for your enjoyment of each exercise, rather it's a huge pool of individual suggestions which you can then use with in his own paintings. Often one has zeroed in portraits with his methods, then the DVD is the right to come back with new ideas that you can incorporate in himself. A chapter in the video is certainly there for your enjoyment: bright splashes of color in portraits by pot cleaning steel wool. Is fun and really easy to imitate.

Sure, the pictures do not come all so perfect from the camera. That is why there is a chapter with the operations that happen after the shooting on the computer. Interestingly, it is not unpacked immediately the large Photoshop. The program of choice is Lightroom here. A tool that has become very affordable by price.

As always, nothing to complain about at the technical side of video training. Martin Krolop has a vibrant voice, the tone is to be understood very well even with the exteriors. A DVD-quality that has earned its place on the shelf.