Creative things to do with a DSLR

Technique

360 Photography

Take multiple photos of a product and turn it around

• DIY turntable for 360 degree product photography

3D (Anaglyph) or Two POV

• Take 3D Pictures With Your Canon DSLR and Magic Lantern

Astro Photgraphy

• How To Photograph The Night Sky
• Australian Dark Sky Locations, Observatory Sites, Astronomer Locations
• Tutorial: Learn The Art of Astrophotography
• How to photograph the Milky Way and the Galactic Center

Backlighting

Shooting with the Sun behind or flash (5.6 apperature?)

Black and White

G'Mic for GIMP great for BW

Bokeh

Bluring the background of a photo

Brenizer Method

• Bokeh Panorama
• Brenizer Method: how to shoot and stitch a bokeh panorama

Chiaroscuro lighting

Low Key lighting

Cinegraph

Video with loopable animation converted to an Animated GIF

• Cliplets: Juxtaposing Still and Dynamic Imagery

Composite Lighting

Lighting a scene with different lights

• Software arranges photo lighting after the shoot

Composite photo

Multiple Exposure Photography

• Seeing Double: Learn How to Clone Yourself

Composition

• 9 Photo Composition Tips (feat. Steve McCurry)
• 7 Tips for Using the Gestalt Theory for Better Composition [20 Composition Techniques That Will Improve Your Photos|http://petapixel.com/2016/09/14/20-composition-techniques-will-improve-photos/]

Depth of Field

• Depth of Field Simulator - Great tool to understand how Aperture, Focal Length and Distance control the Depth of Field

Double Exposure

• Multiple exposure
• How to make a double exposure in Photoshop

Fake ND Filter

• Faking an ND Filter for Long Exposure Photography
• How to Improve Your Long Exposure Photography with Photo Stacking

Fast Shutter

Stop Movement

Forced Perspective

• 17 Forced Perspective Technique Examples

Free Lensing

Take lens off camera and hold on an angle. Like a Len Baby.

• Freelensing
• How to Shoot Freelensing Photos

Golden Hour

Take photos during 'Golden Hour'

• The Natural Light Cycle for Photographers
• SunCalc - work out sun position based on location and time

HDR

3+ Exposure's combined

High / Low Key Photography

Mostly light or mostly dark photos

• Lighting – High Key and Low Key

High Speed Photography

• This Extensive Tutorial Will Show You Everything You Need To Know About High Speed Photography

Hyperfocus

Get more in focus - using the focusing area in front. Short focal length + small apertures bring hyperfocus to distance closer to the camera. Opposite does the reverse.

• Hyperfocal focusing: how to calculate the best distance to focus at

Levitation Photography

Shoot person on a ladder, shoot background without subject and ladder - remove ladder in editing program

• Levitation Photography 7 Tips for Getting a Great Image
• How to Do Levitation Photography: A Tutorial

Light Painting

Reflector

• 6 Ways of Using Reflector to Take Better Portraits

Light Painting Portrait

Mainly dark but with highlights coloured in - kind of like a coloured NOIR photo

• Light Painting Portrait examples on Google Image Search

Lighting Modifiers (for Flash)

Artificial lighting to enhance or otherwise alter the creative language of a photo. "The language of light" as Joe McNally would put it.

• Getting The Most Out Of Your Modifiers
• 10 Different Lighting Setups Using A single Light And A Single Softbox

Long Exposure (Day)

Water Streaking (Choppy or Overcast day is best) / Time Stacking

• This Time Stack Technique Turns Landscapes Into Dreamy Impressionist Images

Long Exposure (Night)

Star Trails

• Single Image Star Trails – a Powerful Technique to Create Star Trails in Minutes Using Photoshop
• Tutorial: Capture Gorgeous Star Trails in Light Polluted Areas

Loop Portrait

Like a cineagraph but usually a portrait.

• Romain Laurent

Macro Photography

• Macro Photography on a Budget

Negative Fill

Blocking Ambient Light

• Learn How, When and Why to Use Negative Fill (Including DIY Solutions)

New Born Photopgraphy

• 3 Newborn Posing Setups Anyone Can Master

Panoramic

2+ Photos combined in a grid

Panning Photography

• Mastering Panning – Photographing Moving Subjects

Parallel Photography

2.5D photo

• How To Animate a Photo | The 2.5D Effect

Photosphere

360x180 degree photo

• Microsoft ICE
• Patching Zenith and Nadir with GIMP and G'MIC

Portrait with Flash

Balance Flash with Ambient light

• How to Mix Ambient Light and Fill-Flash for Outdoor Portraits
• Using High Speed Flash to get a larger aperture

Portrait with Front Bokeh

• Front Bokeh Portraits

Portrait with Sunlight

Turn bad light into good light

• A Simple Tip to Turning ‘Bad’ Light Into ‘Good’ Light | Cliff Mautner
• Nikon Behind the Scenes: Turning Harsh Light into Good Light
• Sunshine: My Favorite Light Source

Portraits in the Rain

• Portraits in the Rain

Sideways Photography

• Turn the world around

Silhouettes

Take photos into the sun with the subject appearing mainly black

• Silhouette photography: tips for shooting into the sun
• Creating a Simple Silhouette

Super-Resolution Photographs

Multiple Photos taken with a slight shake. Align and overlay images to get past Bayer filter.

• Enhance! A Practical Super resolution Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop - Video

Tripod

Place your camera at the end of your tripod/mono pod and take photos of a different perspective

• Monopod Technique for Elevated Photo Perspectives

Post Processing

Colour

• Colour Scheme Designer
• Adobe Color
• Understanding Colour
• Popping colour in portaits
• Secrets of color-grading in photography

Curves Adjustment

• Curves Adjustment

Hue Adjustment

• How to Create a Surreal Look in Photoshop Using Hue Adjustment

Dodge and Burn

• Dodge & Burn – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Portrait

Wavelet Decompose

• Getting Around in GIMP - Skin Retouching (Wavelet Decompose)

Posing

Smiling

• Getting your model to smile

Posing

• How to pose and angle the body for better portraits
• Which size of the face is your best side