I’ve been having a really rough summer and dealing with tragedy hasn’t made it any easier so here I am late posting pictures that I’ve captured a few weeks ago . I captured the different shapes on building downtown Hartford and in Bushnell Park .
The most important element in photography is the light… How is light working? Where is the focal point? Do light and focal point work together?
When you include a light source like the sky, and the object you are photographing is in the shadows, it tends to be a silhouette rather than fulfilling the objectives I asked above. So as you walk around, I'm interested in you being drawn to beautiful light first. Then we bring it home by selecting interesting design through your positioning yourself relative to the object being photographed. It's a very active process, not a passive one.
The top three images have this problem… A lack of light on the focal point. The next three have more potential. I like the repetition of the three openings on the bridge and the shapes you found on the building with the timbers and the bricks and slate roof has potential. They would be improved by more careful framing, rotating the image to get lines parallel to the frame edges and using Photoshop in order to tweak the light contrast and color balance. But you're on the right track with these three.
Getting good at this game is a lifelong journey so keep practicing!
The most important element in photography is the light… How is light working? Where is the focal point? Do light and focal point work together?
ReplyDeleteWhen you include a light source like the sky, and the object you are photographing is in the shadows, it tends to be a silhouette rather than fulfilling the objectives I asked above. So as you walk around, I'm interested in you being drawn to beautiful light first. Then we bring it home by selecting interesting design through your positioning yourself relative to the object being photographed. It's a very active process, not a passive one.
The top three images have this problem… A lack of light on the focal point. The next three have more potential. I like the repetition of the three openings on the bridge and the shapes you found on the building with the timbers and the bricks and slate roof has potential. They would be improved by more careful framing, rotating the image to get lines parallel to the frame edges and using Photoshop in order to tweak the light contrast and color balance. But you're on the right track with these three.
Getting good at this game is a lifelong journey so keep practicing!