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"One great thing I've learned over the years of shooting festivals is that it pays to be where the other photographers aren't," says Ben. "Some of my favourite shots are the ones I've taken when standing in the crowd and the singer has come down to the barrier. The other photographers remained in the pit because that's where their pass got them access to, and they didn't think to move around to get the best shots. I love shooting from the crowd's perspective because it's the view that most people remember. I see it as my job to be there and get in amongst them to soak up the atmosphere."
This tip doesn't just apply during big performances, either. Use the time before and after the music sets to explore the colourful scenes around the festival site. "There's tonnes of cool stuff you can shoot at a festival. There are always people dressed up in crazy costumes wandering around the place. And my feeling is if they're wearing a costume, they want to be seen, so they would probably love it if you take their photo. It doesn't hurt to just ask. Just say, 'Do you mind if take a photo? You look amazing!' Most of the time, they will say, 'Yes.'"
No party is complete without a photo booth, and fun props to make your photos extra special. Print out the photo props from Canon’s Creative Park then cut them out with scissors. Level up your props by adding gems, pom-poms and ribbon then finish them off by glueing a dowel into place. Go crazy with decorations to create some wild props that will jazz up any party!
For this project you will need:
Craft a fabulous set of photo booth props by printing out the set of props from Canon’s Creative Park. Once printed carefully cut around each element, then go to town decorating each piece with pom-poms and gems. Add lengths of ribbon to the back of the elements before glueing a dowel in place to hold the props.
Bring a tropical vibe to your next party, with a tropical leaf wall hanging. Cut out as many tropical leaves as you can from a range of papers, the brighter the better to create hanging vines of leaves that you can easily pin up on a wall to create a stunning tropical installation. Then glue the leaves onto string before hanging them up to create a stunning wall hanging, this would make a great backdrop for an outdoor bar or a background for photo opportunities!
For this project you will need:
It’s easy to create this stunning photo back drop, print out a selection of tropical themed patterned paper then cut the paper into tropical leaf shapes, you could do this by hand or use a digital cutting machine for a more intricate cut.
Mix the tropical leaves with some plain coloured card leaves too. Then glue the leaves onto length of twine using a glue gun. Once happy, hang up the twine to create your backdrop.
Tropical papers:
Create a picnic at home with these adorable picnic place settings, bringing all of that picnic style to the table. Gingham is bang on trend right now, especially a pastel twist on the traditional red!
To get set up for your next picnic party, print out borderless A4 sheets of gingham patterned paper to create mini picnic blanket place mats. Then print out more gingham paper to fold into the cutest cutlery holders, perfect for keeping everyone’s cutlery separate.