Exercise 8: A sequence of composition
(20-30 photographs)
This exercise will help you to think about the practical process of composing an image. For this you need a situation which involves people - ideally out in the street. the idea is to record the way you approach and shoot a subject from the moment when you catch sight of possible photograph, to the final best image you can make of it. Ordinarily , you would only shoot when the moment seemed just right, but here you will record all the moments that are are ´almost´right. A public event such as a parade, or a market, will generally have enough interesting potential subject to make this exercise easy.
In whatever situation you choose, use the camera as a viewer and keep it to your eye. Use the viewfinder as a way of checking out possible pictures. Normally, you would not press the shutter release until you felt you had the best viewpoint. Here, however, take pictures as you go along. They will be a record of how you moved around and found the best images - a shot of stop-frame movie f your shoot.
Once you have the processed photographs in front of you, see how the sequence progresses. As this will be some time later you should be able to look at the images more objectively. Lay them out in order and under each one write a short note, describing why you moved on to the next viewpoint.
As you can imagine, you may have a few false starts in trying to capture this kind of sequence. The final image may just not work out well. But persevere. Take more than one sequence if you want to and if you find it really too difficult to do in a situation that hs people, choose a landscape as a subject.
This exercise will help you to think about the practical process of composing an image. For this you need a situation which involves people - ideally out in the street. the idea is to record the way you approach and shoot a subject from the moment when you catch sight of possible photograph, to the final best image you can make of it. Ordinarily , you would only shoot when the moment seemed just right, but here you will record all the moments that are are ´almost´right. A public event such as a parade, or a market, will generally have enough interesting potential subject to make this exercise easy.
In whatever situation you choose, use the camera as a viewer and keep it to your eye. Use the viewfinder as a way of checking out possible pictures. Normally, you would not press the shutter release until you felt you had the best viewpoint. Here, however, take pictures as you go along. They will be a record of how you moved around and found the best images - a shot of stop-frame movie f your shoot.
Once you have the processed photographs in front of you, see how the sequence progresses. As this will be some time later you should be able to look at the images more objectively. Lay them out in order and under each one write a short note, describing why you moved on to the next viewpoint.
As you can imagine, you may have a few false starts in trying to capture this kind of sequence. The final image may just not work out well. But persevere. Take more than one sequence if you want to and if you find it really too difficult to do in a situation that hs people, choose a landscape as a subject.
_My feedback
Even it was the first photo I took. I decided that the below photo is my best shot of the the day. Al. trough there are no people on it I choose this picture as my best photograph of the day.
Even it was the first photo I took. I decided that the below photo is my best shot of the the day. Al. trough there are no people on it I choose this picture as my best photograph of the day.
_After my experience with this small documentary (that is how I see it) I try it out on a Christmas market,
busy shopping centre and in a shop in Paris. I took several photographs
and try to select the best shot out of it. I really enjoyed this
exercise.