After researching this topic a bit more I have finally came to my ah-ha! moment. I was reading an article online at http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/aesthetics-1.shtml. In this article i was surprised to find out how in depth aesthetics actually is. I couldn't believe there were NINE steps to this one word. I use to look at professional photographs and think "whats so hard about snapping a few photographs of one image and then picking the best one?" After the last few weeks of this class and reading over the nine steps to taking a beautiful photograph I have realized that photography is not that easy. You have to be able to relate to all nine steps as listed in the online site I mentioned...
- How to see photographically
- How to compose a photograph
- How to choose the best lens for a specific composition
- How to find the best light for a specificphotograph
- How to chose the best "film" for a specific image
- How to determine the best exposure for a specific scene
- How to decide which ones are "keepers" and which are not
- How to assemble a body of work
- How to establish a specif photographic style
This was an ah-ha! moment for me because I really could not believe all the effort one must put into a photo and how much knowledge they should possess in order to take the perfect picture.
You were so right, I also always think what was so hard about snapping a few pictures and choosing the best one that was at least until I began this class and started learning the aspects of good picture capturing.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to your slide show, Amanda. Hope you can get that up here soon.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, there is a lot to consider when taking a good photo. Composition is what a big part of that is, and it sounds like you're getting the right idea, to be thoughtful BEFORE you snap the shutter release button.