"Artistic photography is easier than drinking beer".
OK, great! Now, you have got some motivation. If not yet, think of the following benefits that you might have if you are perceived as an artistic photographer:
1. Most of the people around you will start appreciating your photos with a "wow!", and this number would gradually increase because others' liking/disliking affect that of yours too. Well, this is a weird human psychology but, nevertheless, quite true.
2. You will allocate more respect to yourself after recognizing that you are now an artistic person.
3. It may be a great confidence-builder for you, and therefore, you will be successful in other parts of your life as well.
...and so on.
I was also very similar to most of you guys who always recognized the power of art in boosting your social image, even if actually never understood the art itself, not even a bit of it. But I didn't give up and devised a workaround that is equally effective as far as end results are concerned. And now, I am a proud artistic photographer!
Before I inscribe down those miracle steps, here are the stuffs that you require: an ordinary DIGITAL camera and a computer having one of the most commonly available OSes (Linux, Windows or MAC) installed on it. If your computer has something like FreeBSD or Solaris, this workaround is not for you. Go and join some photography school, instead.
Anyway, here are the steps:
Step-1: Download the Picasa software from http://picasa.google.com and install it on your computer. It will scan all your photos on the computer automatically.
Step-2: Locate the target photo in Picasa and double click on in. Then, click the "Effects" tab.
Here, you have to decide what kind of photographer you want to be. Choose what you like. However, based on my experience, I would suggest that in addition to whatever type you prefer, you must choose at least one of the combination of Sepia/Soft Focus/Film Grain. These seem to be associated with deep art, especially girls think that way.
Step-3: Click the "Tuning" tab and then click the two fairy-stick buttons.
Step-4: Click the "Basic Fixes" tab, and then the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button in this section.
Step-5: Add some abstract-looking text to the picture. It would add a lot of value to it. However, be careful in selecting the type of fonts. Choose a font that looks like a handwriting. "Comic Sans MS" is my personal favorite. As far as the font's color is concerned, I would suggest something close to brown.
Top tip: Try mixing capital letters with small letters. Something like this: AbStrACt. It boosts the artistic sense.
That's it. Now, right click on the picture and choose 'save' to save this new piece of art that you have just created. Jump on it and start distributing it through Email, Facebook, Twitter or whatever means that you have.
As an example, just compare the following two images. The 1st one is the crap that my camera grabbed last night, and the 2nd one is its artistic version (click on the images to see them large). Can you see the difference?!
The original crap.
The artistic counterpart.
Congratulations! Now, you are also an artistic photographer!
Next, just wait for a few days and see how does this turn your miserable life into something that you may actually feel worth living.
Have fun!!
