Cameras have never stopped evolving. The editing and post-processing applications neither, the technique is also evolving, every day a new photographer comes out with a new way of capturing photos, we feel fortunate to belong to the century in which we are and to be able to count However, in photography there are a series of principles that are unalterable, lasting, eternally current, applicable anytime and anywhere , and they have a (great) direct influence on our photographic results.
In today’s article I would like to share with you 5 small lessons that the day I bought my first camera did not know at all, are lessons that, believe me, are worth forever, your camera will become obsolete in a short time. Never mind, I want these 5 key concepts to persist in your photographic retina, help you get out of more than one problem, allow you to create excellent photographs.
- The view he represents of the world around him is not the result of the camera.
- But of the lens.
- There is a wide variety of lenses on the market.
- Each will allow you to photograph the world in a different way.
- The camera.
- However good.
- Is a sensor and an image processor.
- A kind of translator that captures the “shown” image first through the lens.
- The camera is the brain.
- The lens is the eye.
- “Perception” occurs at the height of the goal.
- This is where most of the success of a photograph is played.
If you want to take a good photo, you can not underestimate the role of your camera’s optics, discover the type of lens that best suits the type of photos you want to take, discover the properties of the lenses, how they differ, how they change the photographic result according to the diaphragm or focal length.
In the photographer’s blog you have a whole section full of articles where we try to help you decide which is the most appropriate goal for your next big photo. In my case, the king of targets, this adorable 50mm f/1. 4 has completely changed my life.
You’re the center of photography. Even if you don’t show up there, acquiring a good camera will certainly help you take good photos, but the brain behind the photograph is you. You’re the screenwriter, the brains. The camera, a simple executor, is unable to make decisions beyond a few exposure parameters, the one that smells the photo and previews it before it exists is you, it’s you who oversees it. You make it up. The photographer’s job is to orchestrate a whole series of instruments, implement principles and rules, provide a human point and give the world a unique insight into what is being photographed.
If you don’t master photography, the camera won’t do it for you
If there’s no good light, no matter how many tricks you use, you’ll never get the best result. Good photography requires a lot of light. Find a beautiful landscape near you and take some photos, one at noon and one at sunset You will see that a photo has nothing to do with the other.
The success of your photos depends heavily on light, in two ways:
Photography, however beautiful, is a communication instrument, similar to word, song, cinema or painting, you have to have a good camera, set the right goal, have a good light and also know how to drive it like you. please get the look you want, but all this becomes useless if you run out of story to tell. Your story can be a message, a brief idea, an emotion, a mental tingle. I don’t know. Something. When you show me your photo, as a viewer, I have to experience something in my brain, if you had to observe (uugghhh, what a word!) My brain activity with something like that, you should see a lot of activity. that story? You understand me, as a spectator I want you to provoke me, I want you to change my thoughts and emotions a little bit, don’t let me look at your photo and think “well focused photo, correct light, well, and what?!”!
History gives meaning and reason to your photo. History is the lifeblood of your photography. The story is the beginning of your photo and the ending you want to convey to the viewer.
The purpose or purpose of your photo should not be “to show what a good photographer I am”. As a photographer, the truth is that I am the cane! I am incredible “.
Whenever you want to work on a photo, plan what you want to convey, if on one occasion it is not very clear whether your photo will have a message or not, a trick or method that you can use is to set the Leave camera aside for a moment and think about the content of your photo in verbal terms, in words. If you can stream the contents of your photo in words, in a sentence or two, then congratulations, your photo has something to communicate. this or two phrases cannot be a physical or visual description of the image.
Some examples to illustrate what I’m saying, do you feel anything when you see these images?Click on them and look at them enlarged. Look at them and tell me if you feel anything, if you find “transported” for a moment to the place in the photo, if you notice a little emotion in your brain.
If you’re interested in this topic, stay tuned, I’m working on an article in which I will propose, soon, practical examples to improve the emotional and narrative content of your photos.
A small secret that makes many photos take our breath away is how unusual they are, your photograph must have character, personality, you can make it unique not only with the story or emotion it evokes (previous lesson), but with any other means that you have at hand, aesthetics, with light, composition, technique. For God’s sake, avoid taking pictures that end up being “one more photo. “Every time you move your finger closer to the camera shutter, think for a second about how you’re going to take a unique photo. You have endless resources at your fingertips. I don’t care if you want, at first, to imitate a beautiful photo you saw there, or reproduce the work of a great photographer, for learning purposes, it will be great for you, but make a contribution that changes this final result. , give it a nut, this subtle signature that will make your photo unique.
We remember the images that are different. They are the ones who mark us, make yours among them.
I have just presented 5 elements that will mark the trend of photography in 2037, and in the next, and in all the years to come, is it like seeing the future?But that’s right. They are lessons that you do not usually find in a photography manual, but they are valid for all ages and all kinds of photography that you want to take, remember, follow and apply these 5 tips, they will take you out of more than one problem They will open new doors when you get ponded, because when you think that a photo of you no longer gives itself, when you find yourself circling , think about whether you need to photograph your world with another lens, close your eyes and verbally pronounce the message, story or emotion of your photo, to check that it has content.
Surround yourself with a good lens and lots of light. Don’t photograph colors, compositions or objects, and don’t even take portraits of beautiful subjects.
Photography stories and moments
Enjoy, artist.