Develop an artistic eye using your cell phone camera or just a plain camera. We can all take a good shot of our friends, of places we’ve visited and of memorable moments. Now, let’s try to create a pictorial masterpiece.
Remember the points presented on finding Lines, Forms, Shapes and Colors that make a subject aesthetically appealing. Find something unique in the person that can be captured digitally. A tip: Do not be afraid to get close to the subject as necessary. Make sure the bright light is behind you.
Are the hands more interesting to photograph? Maybe the feet? Is the smile all you need? With digital cameras, we can take as many pictures of the same subject from different angles with less or more light until you have the best shot. Sometimes you take picture, focused only on the subject matter. Later, you see that your best friend has telephone pole growing out of his head. Or your friend’s eyes are closed. Photography like painting is examining the subject matter and the environment so that the photo is perfectly composed.
Wait for the decisive moment. To make a photography interesting, wait for that moment when the subject matter will do something intimate and truthful. Instead of taking picture of the bride and groom, wait for the moment when you expect them to kiss and take that instead. A child is figuring a puzzle and you can tell that he will figure it out very soon. Wait and take a picture when he has solved it and gives out a big smile. That’s what is meant by a decisive moment.
Photographs are more interesting when there is animation, action, sense of motion. Catch the dancer’s leap. Catch the baby running. Catch the couple about to embrace. Catching motion in a photograph enlivens an image.
Today, every photograph has a smiling pose. Seek out other emotions and photograph them. See someone by the window pensively looking outside? Take a picture. Someone sleeping? Eating? Take a picture. Tears? Shock? Anger? Take a picture. Photographing a variety of emotions are the beginnings of serious artistry.
Look for another angle. Don’t just take pictures of people directly facing you. If you check a person’s face, from one side or another, you’ll notice they will have a photogenic side, a side that makes them appealing. Find that angle and take the picture. Experiment by raising or lowering your camera. Find the angle that emphasizes lines, shapes, and forms. The elements of aesthetic, enhances a photograph.
Some cameras have features that can eliminate color and instead present a picture in sepia or black-and-white. Experiment with the absence of color. Photography started as a colorless medium. There is a greater drama and more emphasis on the subject matter without the use of color.
Eventually, you will graduate into more sophisticated element of aesthetics called composition. To be pleasing to the eye, the subject matter must be properly composed. In a simple photograph it means the subject matter is in middle and all other elements around the subject matter complements it. In a more complex photograph there are several subjects that are arranged so that they complement each other, because of their lines and shapes. In even more complex situations, a variety of subjects completely different from one another, can still, through composition, complement and make for an interesting photograph. With digital cameras you can experiment and take many photos and delete at will with a greater likelihood of getting a pictorial masterpiece.
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