Some Photoshoot Ideas

Becca Farsace recently reviewed the Ricoh RC IV Monochrome, a $2,200 (!!!) camera that only shoots in black & white. It’s an expensive piece of tech that’s very opinionated with its limitations. But it’s what it forces the user to do in those limitations that changes the perspective of what you end up shooting with it. With that, you end up seeing things from a more creative space because you have to work within the rules of what the camera allows. The full review is below:

Becca then has some ideas for those of us who don’t have $2,200 lying around for a monochrome point-and-shoot camera, that any of us can do with our existing cameras:

• Pick a color and shoot only that color.
• Shoot in only one location for a set amount of time.
• Get creative with a prop and use that prop for your photos - maybe this is a filter, maybe it’s a frame.
• Use your least-used lens.

I’m sure from these prompts you can think of a few others. The point is to use limitations to force creativity.