Tuesday 22 August 2017

Not so complicated photography

Since when has photography got so complicated?

  • Aperture
  • Shutter speed
  • ISO
  • Light boxes
  • Depth of field (DOF)
  • Crop factors
  • Rule of thirds
  • and many many more
Have the days of picking up a camera, pointing it at something, pressing the button and enjoying the result gone?
I think not.

Some of my favorite shots have been taken very randomly at that last second when something unique has caught my eye.

For example:



The lines and shapes combined with the colours caught my eye as I wandered past this amazing flower, it had to be captured.

Don't get me wrong, fully understanding your camera is essential, but how much is enough?

For me, the 'enough' is the point where I am getting the photo shots that I want.

So how do we go about getting those shots that we actually want?
  

Over the next posts, we can talk about this as shoots take place.  How I prepare and plan forward.