If you have read that photography is light, composition and technique, you have read well, it is absolutely true. If you master all the above parameters, you will take decent photos, just like someone who follows a recipe perfectly gets a decent dish. Now, what’s the difference between a good cook and someone who can make you dream about their dishes?What sets a good photographer apart from a photographer who can wave your guts, make you sigh, make you scream or fill your eyes with tears?Of course, the emotion, the passion it transmits in the images, its ability to capture moments capable of leaving us breathless. It is without a doubt the most difficult and important ingredient of any recipe. Therefore, photography must above all be appreciated, lived and felt. The technique is just the means to help us materialize this emotion. In itself, this has no value. But as always, there are tips that can help us convey an emotion, or at least strengthen it. In this case, we’ll talk about one of the most beautiful emotions out there. Joy, can we see some tips to help us pass it on?
I don’t know if you’ve considered the ability of light to convey emotions, but it’s probably your most important ally, how do you imagine a happy scene?Dark and dark?I’m sure the second option convinces you more than the first one, right?Well, you’re on the right track. Clear, fresh, luminous scenes, with white backgrounds, in a high tone, inspire joy, kindness, joy, positivism, etc.
- We have already discussed how colors are associated with different sensations or moods.
- To what we call color symbology.
- In ultra-fast summary we can say:.
Each is associated with a feeling of warmth and proximity (heat) or cold and remoteness (cold). While you can convey joy on a blue background by playing with the other elements of the image, a warm background can help you convey that feeling. .
Also, a color depends on whether it is more or less saturated (more or less pure) to convey more or less vivacity. Bright colors, in this case, can also help you convey joviality and joy, but be careful not to exaggerate, as too much artificial saturation (in processing) leaves quite unpleasant results (personal opinion).
While happiness is not transmitted exclusively through portraiture, it is true that a portrait is probably the first image that comes to mind when we think of a happy image, someone who smiles, plays, laughs or jumps, for example. This is because it is easier for us to associate feelings if our protagonist is a human being with which we sympathize, and these are most images that we will surely make, so let’s look at some tips focused on this aspect:
The spontaneity of reactions is what leaves us with the best images, so try never to force a smile or a scene, it is much better and expresses much more a natural joviality than a forced smile.
They say that beauty is in the little things, and although precisely the little things are the hardest to see, if we stop to observe, they are the ones that end up giving us the best results. Looking into the daily routine of what surrounds us. and predicting situations that can give us interesting little stories is an exercise that requires having your eyes wide open, don’t underestimate the joy you can feel in small daily gestures, in a good kiss at night, in a good anecdote sitting at the table, in a pleasant surprise.
If you are lucky enough to have children around you, they are everywhere an inexhaustible source of magical and cheerful situations, for them the world is a vast magical territory to explore that continuously offers surprises, if you look at them camera in hand, attentive to their spontaneity, their games, their vitality, their endless imagination, will offer you unique scenarios.
The jumps are a classic of happy images. Backlight, individually, in a group? We associate jumping with freedom, vitality and joy.
Obviously, there are scenarios happier than others, it is not the same a holiday beach as the walls of your office, a flower meadow or a deciduous forest in winter, a birthday or a funeral, the scenarios are also able to convey sorrow or joy, take advantage to tell the message of your story.
In an image everything speaks and everything helps to tell the message: light, background, color or absence, the expression of a face, etc. If you need to help yourself with elements to add joy to your images, remember that you can include small details that we associate with joy: balloons, soap bubbles, slippers, confetti, a toy, an engagement ring, a medal . . . Anything we associate with happy or festive moments will help you value the message.
The best way to convey joy is to be attentive to potential situations, because the joy is very spontaneous and its materialization arrives as soon as it leaves. Being an active observer of the environment around you is definitely what will work best for you if I want to capture feelings as spontaneous as this one. Being an active observer of the environment is what will make you a better photographer. Yes, as you hear it ;-). And this advice also applies to everything you plan to photograph, imagine, compose mentally, create scenarios in your head, be very attentive, persevere and practice, practice and practice Is there no more secret than that?
So now you know, practice a little every day, slowly and without pause, take a walk and look around you, surely you have a happy image nearby or with the potential to be, and if there is not, do you believe it? ? Oh, and don’t forget to share this article with someone else, is a little extra cheer always good? Thanks and see you next time.