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| Image Making in the Mind |
Image Making in the Mind
Put your camera down.
Sometimes you have to put your camera down to make a great image. I know what you
are thinking. How can I make a great image by putting my camera down?
Putting the camera down and walking around your subject area gives you time to get to
know the area. It gives you the opportunity to look at your proposed subject from
different perspectives. This is especially important if you are shooting in a new area.
Taking this time lets you become comfortable with the environment of the area you want
to shoot. You discover the high areas and low areas. You find where the wildlife stays
during the day and the evening. You see the way the light plays across the landscape
from a variety of angles.
If you have the opportunity to stay in the area for several days, you can have many
more opportunities to get great images because of the way light changes during the
course of the day; or, how a change in the weather may change the entire atmosphere
of the area.
Perhaps the greatest advantage is that you open yourself up to more images than you
originally anticipated. The obvious image is not always the best image. When you put
the camera down and walk around you expose yourself to all the opportunities.
Put your camera down.
Sometimes you have to put your camera down to make a great image. I know what you
are thinking. How can I make a great image by putting my camera down?
Putting the camera down and walking around your subject area gives you time to get to
know the area. It gives you the opportunity to look at your proposed subject from
different perspectives. This is especially important if you are shooting in a new area.
Taking this time lets you become comfortable with the environment of the area you want
to shoot. You discover the high areas and low areas. You find where the wildlife stays
during the day and the evening. You see the way the light plays across the landscape
from a variety of angles.
If you have the opportunity to stay in the area for several days, you can have many
more opportunities to get great images because of the way light changes during the
course of the day; or, how a change in the weather may change the entire atmosphere
of the area.
Perhaps the greatest advantage is that you open yourself up to more images than you
originally anticipated. The obvious image is not always the best image. When you put
the camera down and walk around you expose yourself to all the opportunities.
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