Photo Story – 3
Will the bird fly?
Conversation three-continuation.
Do you know that the most difficult genre of photography is portrait photography. And what genre then the simplest? Alas – portrait photography. As well as among surgeons sounds the opposite opinion about the operation of appendicitis. In the opinion of professionals, it can also be simple and very difficult. What then is the complexity and simplicity of portrait photography? It is this problem that will become the subject of our conversation.
Ahead of the main idea, I will say. That all the complexity and ease of shooting, at first glance, specifically depends on the subject. With a throw of appearance-a stunning photogenic, the photographer will spend less time and the result would be spectacular. But how to be people less photogenic and especially with facial defects? This is exactly the case that will require you more time and a test of your skill.
Each person, with any appearance has the right to get in the picture too photogenic. It all depends on the degree of your perception of the surrounding world and the ability to position people. A lot depends on the level of communication and your Outlook. And the most important is the possibility to save the effect of your first impression of meeting with the hero of your future photo. It is from the first minute of your communication that a person behaves directly. In this openness and credulity lurks a special beauty of man. His personality and charm. And before you is the most important task-to preserve this charm and capture the picture. This, first of all, is valued in portrait photography. Immediacy and truthfulness.
As we know, from ancient mythology, our planet Earth is kept on three whales. But if the teachings of ancient people have long ago been refuted by scientists, here is the opinion that the art of photography stands on three whales-to reject is unlikely to succeed. Now is the time to understand those pillars-the whales on which relies the real art of photography. So…
Suppose… You have the best camera and the best lenses for cameras and you are perfectly mastered the technique of photography. Even having fullest technical support-nothing can save you from a fiasco, in portrait photography. Which, unfortunately, often happens. I assure you in order to make a beautiful picture-little to know the technical features of your camera and to be perfectly proficient in all the nuances of the use of light at (portrait photography), which includes not only the front light-it is when the sun or The lamp shines in your head, but also the side-drawing. And even if you own various illuminations from above and on the side, and, especially counter openwork light, giving to object of shooting a peculiar volume.
By the way, to the word will be told,-to use the listed sources of light strongly recommend everyone who is seriously fascinated by professional photography not only in the genre of portrait photography, but also in other genres. It is necessary to constantly experiment with the sources of light, especially in the home studio, until you bring this process to perfection. First of all, careful work with all sources of light, brought to professional automatism, is necessary “Pavilonshhikam” and those who is engaged in advertising photography and reproductions. But it will not hurt those who joined to the art of photography. In short, everyone strongly advises-never forget the true meaning of the word picture, which, repeated, from the Greek language translated, as-write light!
The most important whale-the support-is the light! Which we’ve already talked about. The second whale-composition-the construction of the frame. In principle, the word composition applies to all kinds of art, including literature and painting. This term is also applicable in journalism. And even in a school essay, you first write a plan. This is also the composition of your future presentation, where you, first of all, highlight the main part of your essay, where the second plan is the foreword. And the conclusion is the background on which your creativity ends.
In the fine art the basis of composition, first of all, are built on the contrast. White on black background and vice versa… Colored or black and white lines or stains. All these different geometrical forms of picture and form the basis of composition of classical works.
And if you had to visit various exhibitions of fine art of a portrait, in museums or at photo exhibitions, you could not pay attention to that on any portrait the artist, most carefully writes the foreground, and then Goes to the second plan, carrying additional information, then simply writes out the background. Which may have historical or geographical subtexts or seasons.
And since it is a portrait, in memory of each of us comes an unforgettable image of Mona-the famous author Leonardo da Vinci. Or famous portrait of Ivan Kramskoy “Stranger “… You can bring dozens, hundreds of beautiful portraits of great artists and everywhere, first of all we pay attention to light and composition. But apart from the light and composition in these portraits, we are attracted by something inexplicable more. We spellbound looking at these portraits and, what we look at, we begin to think that the people depicted on the canvases, not less closely watching us. I experienced such a mystical feeling when I first saw the portrait of Mona.
What’s it? Why do some of the works bring us to delight? Why do many portraits we can stand for hours, carefully looking at them and sometimes mentally talk to them? And this, friends, as you have understood, and is the highest individual skill of the author, managed through the eyes and the unique mimicry of the hero to revive him, show his soul. And for ages to capture it for us. It is no accident that the artists laid in their brainchild-a photograph, the same basics as in painting. After all, they stood at the origins of emerging Photoart.
In the dynamic display of the work, in revealing the character of the hero and through his eyes, allow the viewer to look into his soul and lies all the value of the work. It is this spirituality hero and is the third whale on which stands the art of not only painting, but also photography. Given that now, in digital photography color is not a problem, the photographer has significantly expanded the range of compositional techniques. But the third whale is able to subdue the spectator with its ease and authenticity.
I would like to make a conclusion from everything I have said – never show your importance to the future hero. With this attitude you insecure it from the solution of your problem. So be simpler and, the hero of the picture will open to you the most advantageous for you perspective. And it will be better if you do not prevent him from being himself. Replace the normal lens with the “Portretnik” or put the most-telephoto lens, then select the shooting point with the ideal lighting to diligently catch the best photogenic moments of our hero. Are you sure. Such shooting will be satisfied not only you, but first of all your hero.
Good luck!
Written by Eugen Schlee
Translated with bing.com
