I am a photographer. As a photographer, I want to be able to make photographs that evoke emotions and feelings that I want to have. I want to create photographs that tell stories, that make us laugh, that make us cry, that make us smile, that make us sad. I want to capture what I feel about the world, and I want to do this on a personal level.
This is one of my favorite things about being a photographer. It’s an incredible feeling that you can capture people’s emotions and life experiences on film. Every time I take a photo, I feel more connected to the people in my photo than I ever have before. It’s one of those things that you can’t help but connect to when you see your photo in a book or a gallery.
The feeling of “I can make this person smile, cry, laugh or feel something” is something that I’ve been trying to get across to people and I think it only takes a few photos to do that. What I’m trying to tell my clients is that you can get to your heart and soul by looking at your photos and feeling what you see.
I had a client in the past who told me that she had a friend who felt compelled to shoot a photo of her every day for the rest of her life. That was really a hard pill for her to swallow. This is, however, a different kind of photography. A photo can be a snapshot of a person, a moment, an event and, in the case of a digital, a series of photos that together create a whole.
A photo is not a picture. A photo is not created by putting a camera to a point and clicking. A photo is not an impression. A photo is the result of an action and an event that goes beyond a single moment. A photo is the sum total of all that it can be. It is the sum total of all the moments, the places, and the feelings that are going to be captured in the final product.
If you ever take someone else’s photo, you’ve just taken a snapshot of them. You’ve just transformed their face into one of those abstract images that people are so enamored with. These people are not your clients and you are not taking payment for their services. You are not photographing them. You are taking a look at a moment in time, and that moment is not theirs. You are only photographing moments, not their faces.
This is so true. And this is why it is so critical to get pictures of the people you are photographing. A great photo is a snapshot of a moment in time, and the best photos tell the most story.
The fact that you are not the photographer is one of the most disturbing things for a photographer to have to deal with. There comes a time in every photographer’s life when they have to really take a hard look at themselves. What is this I’m becoming a better photographer? Who am I really? This is a question that some photographers may never be able to answer.
Photography is all about capturing moments in time. The best way to do that is to keep your camera at a close eye on its surroundings and to not move. A good photo takes time to develop, it takes thought to edit, and it takes skill to frame. The best way to make your photography as “good” as possible is to create images that you feel you can always look at and use.
Once you have a good look at your subject, you can take the time to edit it. With the advent of photography, many photographers got really good at what they do. Most of us have one of these two cameras that you can pick up and go to town with. The Canon EOS and the Nikon D750. These cameras get really good at taking sharp photos, but they also have a lot of other features that make them more than just a pretty picture.