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10/30/2006 10:21:40 AM · #1 |
| I am new to photography. I just inspired by seeing other photographs. One question to you guys. How do you find a subject for a photo ? Please share your posts on 'what's your idea about finding a subject?' |
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10/30/2006 10:25:02 AM · #2 |
I don't look for subjects, I look for light. I'm interested in photographing the light. But, to be fair, I moved here to Cape Cod because it's very photogenic and it has great light :-) I'd certainly worry about subject more if I weren't surrounded by worthy subjects to receive the light.
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10/30/2006 10:28:54 AM · #3 |
| I used to look for subjects. I still do. But I think I may be learning more from being here, and now, like Bear said, I notice light more and more. Unfortunately, it's usually when I don't have my camera with me. |
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10/30/2006 10:36:11 AM · #4 |
A good composition takes the viewer a visual journey through the image. A fun excercise is to draw a line on the image that follows the path your eyes take. I there is a subject, it will be the destination and your eyes will linger or return to it. A good composition doesn't require a subject as  Bear_Music adeptly illustrates in his beautiful landscapes. There are many elements that contribute to a nice image.
Message edited by author 2006-10-30 15:36:50. |
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10/30/2006 10:53:51 AM · #5 |
It depends on whether I'm shooting for a challenge or just out looking for something to shoot.
For a challenge photo I usually try to come up with an idea and picture it in my mind first. The basic idea will normally suggest a subject, as well as how that subject should appear in the photo. Once I have an idea and a finished image in mind, I then do whatever is necessary to create that image. Sometimes I succeed and end up with exactly what I envisioned, and sometimes I don't. Luckily, sometimes the 'failures' are even better than my original vision.
If I go out looking for a photo, I often have at least some idea of what I want to capture. For instance, I may decide that I want to shoot some photos of a waterfall. The waterfall is the subject, so all I have to do is find an interesting way of photographing it. Of course, if that fails, you can always open your uninteresting photo in Photoshop and make it interesting. Lots of ribbons have been won using that technique. :D
Try this; pick a subject at random (a shoe, an umbrella, or whatever) and then try to make some interesting photos of it.
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10/30/2006 02:24:38 PM · #6 |
Take LOTS of photos.. LOTS AND LOTS.. i'm talking like 400 in a day; do what Mick advised and pick a subject at random, and shoot it everywhere, anywhere and from every angle.. out of frame, in frame, out of focus, in focus.. back front forward sideways, and you will develop ideas fast for other photos.
I guess it would also help to have an idea of which direction in photography you would like to take; but being new to photography, you might just like to wonder around and take photos at random; when you eventually form a niche; you will find it alot easier to find subject within that niche; and explore every avenue it has to offer, which will make it easier to find subject hahaha. okay, thats enough. |
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10/31/2006 05:09:54 AM · #7 |
| thanks everyone. That's a lot of inputs. |
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