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- 1). Take your camera to the nearest commercial area of your town or favorite city. Search the public display areas of billboards, bulletin boards, election campaign posters, concert flyers, and whatever else fancies your mind in the way of printed words and images displayed on paper. Photograph these pieces of printed matter in a way that is different from the original message. This involves cropping your picture so the message of a poster becomes combined with other images or words. Your first step should be to use these commercial flyers to help create a two-dimensional image that is different from the original text.
- 2). Take your pictures into the third dimension. Go back to the same places with your camera, but this time, use the words from a advertisement in contrast with a distant building, the clouds in the sky, a person on the street, or anything else that strikes your fancy.
- 3). Use the shapes of letters or numbers in an image of pure graphic design. By contrasting on the shape of a letter, you are now forced to look at other elements such as color, texture, pattern and line in a new context.
- 4). Have just one word appear in your picture. This should be done in conjuncture with other visual elements such as clouds, trees, people walking or a street full of colorful architecture. Try to do this so that the single word takes on a new meaning by its association with something out of the ordinary.
- 5). Try creating a picture without any words in it, yet still have the image filled with two-dimensional planes of color. For instance, you could combine the interesting pattern of the side of an old stone building with a dramatic sky. If done just right, the resulting image could be of great interest.
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