Shutter Mike Photography

Photographing holiday decorations comes with the territory this time of year.  Most of us do the traditional shot of the Christmas tree year after year.  The thing is that shot rarely ever changes.  It tends to be a straight on, full frame shot of the tree.   So this is the year you can do things differently.

There is, of course, nothing wrong with a good old fashioned full-framed image of your tree like the one at the left.  It gives you the big picture of the tree as a whole.  But there is a lot more you can do.  You can really explore the subject, in this case the tree.  Take close up shots and wide angel shots.  Take shots from down low and from up above.  Explore details such as a single ornament and how it interacts with the lights.  Experiment with depth of field both with the tree as a whole and details of the tree.  Try different compositions and framing options.  Just see what you can come up with and have fun with it.