Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Why no People in ma exposures?
A couple of guys asked me wot I got against ppl in ma snaps. Well, Every photograph has a story to tell. If it conveys the story, its a good photograph! So consider this... From my perspective we normally have the following kinds of photographs:
Ones that appease the eyes
These provide for a view of nature (like landscapes, scenery, etc). The composure of such snaps are the simplest and is more like "what u c is wot u get". The one that is shown is a simple exposure of a garden walkway in Melk (Vienna) that depicts an ambience of woods!
Ones that make you go .. "Umm.. this looks interesting"
These provide for a different perspective to a very normal composure. Such photographs feature extreme closeups or the photographers view of the scene in front of him. The Celestial Sunrise is a classic example of such exposures.
A candid act of nature
These generally feature natures beings (sometimes humans included) doing something that might be common n yet manage to bring out a smile!
A subtle exaggeration of facts
These are exposures which exaggarate some element in the scene. The one shown exaggerates the speed of the vehicles moving about to give a "wizzing" effect.
And then there are snaps with People in them!!
Now..ven u have a "face" in the snap, the intention is always to ensure that the attention of the photograph is ON THE FACE and not distracted by its surroundings. 2 ways of doing it is to keep the face in focus (so that other elements seem useless) or compose the face in such a way that it occupies majority of the frame!!
So now u see... if I need to take a photograph of a person by a waterfall I either make the fall out of focus or make the person a major part in the composition of the snap... Either way kills the beauty of the Falls itself...
I being more of a "Nature" person, tend to believe that the Human Element messes with the story the photo is supposed to tell (unless the human element is part of the story).
The exposure shown is a classic example of such a situation. Looking at the snap, the eyes tend to focus 1st on the person and moves focus to and from the tree bark in the foreground. Both elements are equally important for the exposure.
Such situations where human elements co-exist with the surroundings dont occur often now.. do they?
Ones that appease the eyes
These provide for a view of nature (like landscapes, scenery, etc). The composure of such snaps are the simplest and is more like "what u c is wot u get". The one that is shown is a simple exposure of a garden walkway in Melk (Vienna) that depicts an ambience of woods!
Ones that make you go .. "Umm.. this looks interesting"
These provide for a different perspective to a very normal composure. Such photographs feature extreme closeups or the photographers view of the scene in front of him. The Celestial Sunrise is a classic example of such exposures.
A candid act of nature
These generally feature natures beings (sometimes humans included) doing something that might be common n yet manage to bring out a smile!
A subtle exaggeration of facts
These are exposures which exaggarate some element in the scene. The one shown exaggerates the speed of the vehicles moving about to give a "wizzing" effect.
And then there are snaps with People in them!!
Now..ven u have a "face" in the snap, the intention is always to ensure that the attention of the photograph is ON THE FACE and not distracted by its surroundings. 2 ways of doing it is to keep the face in focus (so that other elements seem useless) or compose the face in such a way that it occupies majority of the frame!!
So now u see... if I need to take a photograph of a person by a waterfall I either make the fall out of focus or make the person a major part in the composition of the snap... Either way kills the beauty of the Falls itself...
I being more of a "Nature" person, tend to believe that the Human Element messes with the story the photo is supposed to tell (unless the human element is part of the story).
The exposure shown is a classic example of such a situation. Looking at the snap, the eyes tend to focus 1st on the person and moves focus to and from the tree bark in the foreground. Both elements are equally important for the exposure.
Such situations where human elements co-exist with the surroundings dont occur often now.. do they?
:: posted by RagsInRags, 6:10 PM
4 Comments:
Such situations where human elements co-exist with the surroundings dont occur often now.. do they?
nah.... it requires a special kinda person for that to happen ;)
nah.... it requires a special kinda person for that to happen ;)
As you said , taking the snap of a human beside a waterfall is diffuclt without compromising on the beauty of the fall. Wait till the human beside the waterfall happens to be important to you and you will end up saying the beauty of the person is being compromised by the fall in the background...
How very true about the "importance" of the person in the snap .. but if that person is really that important, then who cares about the waterfall NEways ;)?
I totally agree with shil and anonymous. Though you say that the water fall would not be important if the person is important enough, the fact is that you will learn to admire the water fall along with the person!
