The world of photography has gone through a lot evolution. From those heavy cameras and lenses to a simple 180 g device in your hand, the technology around photography changed drastically. Likewise with each new device, came new features that improved the art of photography; offering more options to be creative. Hence different forms of photography came out and a lot of new genres came to light.

So what does it mean to be a photographer in 2021? Few years back, photography was only limited to people who could afford to buy those expensive cameras and lenses. But now, almost everybody has equipped themselves with good smartphones, which have a pretty nice camera. And the technology has grown in such a way that it doesn’t require much effort to capture decent images of anything around you.

With social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook being flooded with artistic photos from regular people, it has become really challenging and tough for the professionals out there. They have to think more creatively and work beyond the normal and capture photographs which are different and commercially successful. This gave a lot of photographers to do something new and creative and their work received huge demand commercially too.

In this article we have talked about a few trends that we think are breaking the bond of the industry and are quite offbeat in their approach.

Underwater Wedding Photography

Photography is an important part of the wedding planning process. And with the advent of social media, couples and their families are leaning more towards conceptual photography to make their special day even more special. This has led to the birth of various quirky wedding photography trends and one which has recently picked momentum is underwater wedding photography.

Underwater wedding photography is the latest trend that puts the pair in some different settings to photograph their beautiful moments. Couples nowadays are really bored with those common simple poses with just married props, standing in a beautiful location. They want to take it a step further and experiment with such new trends.

Birth Photography

The rise of birth photography has been wanted by many out there, including the huge number of professional photographers who are super keen to photograph as many births as they can. It is a very tough form of photography as you are in a very sensitive environment and your mere presence can be a source of discomfort to your subject. There is nothing quite like birth photography. According to a lot of birth photographers, it is an emotion-filled, once in a lifetime chance to witness a miracle. You need to be prepared with your gear for this kind of photography and you need to manage the light of the surrounding for good shots. The operation theatres mostly have low lighting and you need to be ready for that.

Travel Photography

Cameras are getting more compact and travel friendly each day. The camera has shifted from being a luggage to an essential and hence this form of photography has boomed. Now travellers who seek beautiful scenic location to explore can share their experience with others. Social media, especially Instagram, has given this style of photography the required medium and it has picked up since. You can now spot your friends or a neighbour venturing into this form of photography as all you need is your smartphone and an internet connection. Travel photography is different for different people. Some like to photograph monuments, whereas others like to capture beautiful landscapes. However, the common element that stays is that we photographers go to a foreign or unfamiliar places and capture them. They capture the beauty of the places, and also the essence of the culture of that particular place.

Deadpan Photography

Deadpan photography, well known in the 50s, has made a major rebound and is returning to a reality based photography style. This style of photography is unmistakably impacting clients around the globe.

So what is Deadpan Photography? The portrayal of things or emotions as it is. Today’s world is world full of filters and post-processing, what deadpan photography aspires to do is to give the raw and unaltered version of the subject, whatsoever it may be (even commercial products). As social media has become an integral part of our life, people have started sharing pictures and the reviews of the product that they purchased. Instead of applying filters to glorify these products, people are now sharing images to show items and products as they are. Following the trend, even big corporates are trying to shift towards deadpan photography to build trust with their consumers. Recently Domino’s has taken this style up and they post unedited real pictures of their pizzas on Instagram

Infrared Photography

Although this genre was used before for defence purposes, infrared photography has now become really notable for professional photographers and has taken to the mainstream pop culture. You can easily find infrared photography websites and Instagram accounts displaying colourful psychedelic images. Infrared images looks similar to painting like effect and photographers are already bringing out extraordinary images from this idea. Earlier artist like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa used infrared images for their album covers for a more intellectual and darker touch. Now infrared has entered into other genres too like portraits, landscapes, etc. It is not used for just the psychedelic looks anymore. It has become a big part of serious photography as well.

Photoshop is an marvelous instrument for graphic design, but there is certainly a lot to learn for photographers, and there’s always more to rule for those who are already experienced. If you’re currently working as a photographer and editor and looking to modify your skills, you probably find that time is a major restriction to improve your knowledge. If so, you will need to develop a plan to enhance your skills step-by-step in the time that you have. If you are an aspiring editor, you may have no idea where to start in order to achieve the level of success of some of the Photoshop masters that we see online or on YouTube. In this, article we’ll look at the steps you can take to increasingly build your skills using tools that are already available.

1. Follow Tutorials

   There are number of websites or blogs or youtube videos that focus on supplying superior quality tutorials for photographers. There are a increasing amount of other websites and blogs that regularly publish Photoshop tutorials. All of these places are precious resources for enhancing your skills, whether you want to develop particular skills or just looking to modify in general. In order to take benefit of the tutorial sites that are accessible, subscribe to a a couple of sites that you like the most so you don not miss out on new ones (you can also bookmark other tutorial sites in case you want to find them afterwards). With the number of content available in market, you will never be able to work through each tutorial, and you are unlikely to have an involvement in all of them anyway. Try to select one or two per week to try on your own. For most of us, learning is a easy step when we are actually doing things ourselves, so working while reading the tutorials is necessary rather than browsing through them.

2. Experiment

   The perfect way to learn something new is to experience it for yourself. While tutorials are helpful, you should also take out some time to just experiment on your own to see what magic you can create. You can try to apply things you have learned through tutorials, or just experiment with things you are not well-known with. Photoshop has so many various functions, features and settings that you will really need to become well-known in order to understand their potential. Experimenting will open up your creativity and help you to get more handy with Photoshop. To put the lessons you learn from others into practice by your own, you will need to do some experimentation and adaptation. There may be some tutorials that teach you precisely what you want to do, but more likely they will teach you a skill or technique that can be used, but you’ll need to set it to fit with your project or image.When experimenting, find something that suits best for you in terms of learning new tricks.
   
   

3. Start with basics

   There’s so much to learn with Photoshop and so many outlook that it is important to get a hold of the basics before attempting to move on the advanced. Like anything else, the basics of your Photoshop knowledge is will help you in future. If you are beginner, rather than trying to follow with advanced tutorials, take some time to get your perfect hands on the basics before anything else. Start with tutorials on all of the basics of Photoshop, like the interface, the tools, shortcuts and more. Having a proper knowledge of these items will make it much easier when you want to work on advance part later. After that start to cover topics as typography, web components and photo manipulation and then you can move to advanced tutorials.
   
   

4. Participate in groups and get reviews

   After you have learned some tutorials and you have done some experiment by your own, it is helpful to get feedback and review from other designers as well to improve of the parts which are still not perfect. There are groups of graphic designers on social media all over the place that can be excellent for feedback and review. There are hundreds of groups for designers that are not connected with a particular blog or websitewhere you can get honest reviews for your experiment. Groups are great spot to share your work with other designers or photographers who are also enhancing their own ability. You can get active by giving honest feedback to other people on their work, and you will get more result on your own work indirectly. If you are interested in a place where you can share your experiment to continue the learning activity, try some Flickr groups.
   
   

5. Find an pro to follow

   Regardless of what field you are into, following and learning from a professional can be highly helpful, and Photoshop is no different. If you want to become a good editor, find someone that you look up to and pay close attention to their work. Fortunately, being in this field that is related to technology, it is easy to find experts online and see their work, read their blogs, and interviews.These interviews provides information about their lives and their careers that can help you in your own work and career. If you already admire someone, subscribe to their blog, search for them on social media, keep an eye on their daily uploads. If you do not have any expert you admire, concentrate on work that you like in groups, see what stands out to you, or find a particular tutorial writer that has a mode which you acknowledge. In some cases you may be able to get in touch with the particular person through their site or through profiles on social media and having a conversation with them will help you more to learn.