Is the mind or the lens important when learning to take pictures? I believe most friends will say the former!
Everyone understands the truth, but many people learn to take pictures, either they shoot too much and fall into mediocrity, or they just shoot casually. Everyone always blames the problem on equipment, technology, post-production, etc…
I don’t know if you have ever thought about what is the reason why you have not made progress in learning photography?
Compared with those who can take pictures, the difference between those who can’t take pictures and those who can take pictures is neither equipment nor technology. People who can take pictures can always find all kinds of ingenious moments in life.
© Dimpy Bhalotia | Shot on iPhone
So how can a novice photographer develop his photographic perception and capture more ingenious moments? The following four skills will help you learn the true meaning of photography more effectively!
◆Imagination
◆Creativity
◆Sense of Perspective
◆Observation
In order to help friends inspire their thinking in photography, today I will combine the works of several photographers with strong personal styles to see how they combine life scenes to capture ingenious moments!
1. Imagination
@Umtiago | iPhone
Tiago Silva, a mobile phone photographer from Portugal, has taken light and shadow to a new level. He is good at imagining ordinary light and shadow as pianos, steps, slides, etc., and then integrating his body movements into shadows in various forms.
If we don’t observe carefully, our eyes may be deceived by his photos, but when we rotate the phone, we will find the ingenuity of the “floating block”.
Playing alone is not enough, he will also bring his friends in to play together, as long as he finds a white wall, he can play various interesting body movements.
It should be noted that to shoot this kind of “photo cheating”, you need to know the changes of shadows during the day.
The change in the length of the shadow of an object within a day, from morning to noon to evening, changes from long to short and then long, so it is recommended to choose between 9-11 am or 3-5 pm when shooting this kind of light and shadow dislocation shoot.
Tiago Silva plays with shadows by rotating the phone or using the iPhone’s zoom function! This is a reflection of the photographer’s imagination!
Tiago Silva began to share his mobile phone photography on social platforms seven years ago, but the photos at that time, like most people, were daily records of life.
Looking at his photography works today, what I feel most strongly is the vitality of this big boy, which also brings him a steady stream of imagination.
2. Creativity
@yafiqyusman | iPhone
Yafiq Yusman and Yais Yusman, mobile phone photographers from Singapore, are twin brothers. The Yusman brothers combine some life props to create many interesting dislocation photos.
For example, use playing cards, mobile phones, and glasses to play various interactive photos. These methods are suitable for interactive shooting with friends when traveling.
The Yusman brothers like to travel and prefer to use their mobile phones to take travel punch photos.
The best way to get rid of ordinary tourist photos is to find props in life and combine them with scenes to meet the needs of check-in and add some fun to the photos at the same time.
So don’t throw away the instant noodle fork during the journey! Might be of great use!
In addition to using props for dislocation shooting, they will also interact with the scene through some body movements.
Here comes the point, when we take the following misplaced photos, we may encounter the problem that one of the background or the foreground is always unclear.
At this time, we should turn on the super wide-angle of the mobile phone, and use the mobile phone’s autofocus to shoot. Remember not to use manual focus, so as to obtain a relatively “clear” front and rear view.
3. Perspective
@paulmacphail | iPhone
The photographer’s eyes always have a “sense of perspective”. Mobile photographer Paul MacPhail uses the perspective relationship of the lens “near large and far small” to play the beach misplaced photos with a high-level sense.
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He likes to use things such as stones and branches as the foreground on the empty beach, and pedestrians in the distance as the background. He uses the perspective light system of the mobile phone lens to make the main body of the characters stand out and create a surreal artistic conception. get expressed.
MacPhail said: “I walk on the beach every day, looking for things to photograph. He believes that perspective is very important. Whether you are standing or squatting, the shape of things will change according to your personal perspective.
He always likes to change his perspective of observing the world. This misplaced photo has nothing to do with technology and equipment. He hopes that his works can bring people a deeper level of thinking.
You can try to turn on the ultra-wide angle and turn the phone upside down in your daily creation, so that you can get a picture with a stronger visual impact.
Of course, everyone should focus more on the expression of the content of the work! If you have no good ideas for the time being, this summer, you might as well pick up your mobile phone and go to the beach for a walk, and use this sense of perspective to record the stories on the beach.
4. Observation
@chuvietha.stp | Fujifilm X
Chuvietha is different from the dislocation methods of the previous photographers. His dislocation photography is more from the ordinary market, using various ingenious moments in life to add a lot of storytelling to the photos.
Like similarities, similar actions, different stories…
The author does not need to describe the photos in words, even friends who have never studied photography can understand the emotions that the photographer wants to express.
In addition to similarities, he can always find ingenious moments of people and scenery in life scenes, such as pipes and clothes of the same color, such as round street signs and tires, etc.
Chuvietha has taken a lot of such ingenious moments. Some people say that he is lucky! But in fact, most of our street photography is just looking at the flowers on horseback, lacking the association of some things.
If you feel that your photography eye is not sharp enough, the best way is to read more. It is recommended that you bookmark this article and read it again before the next street sweep. It will definitely bring you more inspiration for shooting.
After reading the works of these four photographers, do you feel like you know it again?
Learning mobile phone photography is not only about learning the theoretical parameters of light, composition, and post-production. Excessive pursuit of technology may lead us into the vortex of photography and imprison our photography perception.
According to my observation, what most of our students lack is imagination, creativity, perspective and observation. I hope today’s article will bring some inspiration to you. Only when we really master these four skills can we Will truly understand the truth that everything can be photographed!
This article is from the WeChat public account: Fun with mobile photography (ID: wzsjsy) , author: Uncle Haoshe
