Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK crew let's see what happens with this one? Photographer suggestions 1. ================ 1/ While you consider the best angle to photograph a person, it is preferable to continue shooting even though a number of frames are rejects. If you hesitate, you may make your subject uneasy, thinking you do not know what you are doing. 2/ Good photojournalists master the art of portrait lighting, allowing them to use available light to their advantage. It sharpens their appreciation for the changing mood of light. 3/ The best way to make an informal portrait, is to allow your subject to go about their business, finding your pictures during the activity. 4/ Do not direct your subject with "look this way, hold it or point there" and finally "look in the camera and smile." This type of direction makes your subject stop living and start posing. 5/ SLR cameras when used in low light, are usually difficult to focus. To improve accuracy, turn the focusing ring to its closest focus point. Then bring your subject into sharp focus in the viewfinder. Using this method the eye recognises the sharpest image quicker than focusing from the infinity point. 6/ Events where news photographers hang together as flys at a feeding, take a few obvious frames; break away and using a long lens reach back to the subject for a totally different photograph. 7/ When shooting sunrise or sunset, most people look in the direction of the sun. The sunlight doesn't stop where you stand, turn around and see what it is shining on. Maybe a marvellous photograph is beautifully lit. 8/ Light is just as important as the subject, in many cases the light is the subject. If you do not understand the magic of light, you will produce uninspiring photographs. 9/ The on location portrait can often produce a superior likeness to one taken under studio lights. People are more at ease in their own surroundings. 10/ Shoot field sports from a kneeling or sitting position. A lower angle increases the impact of the photograph, athletes appear bigger and background clutter is eliminated