Wallen wrote:
There are many ways to make a good photo.
Creating them can be a process of actually composing for the shoot, i.e. fashion shoots/wedding pre-nups & product shoot (sample photo here and how its done here),
to finding little gems in the noise & editing (example here and here )
but mostly, even with the above examples, the secret is finding the angles and working the scene.
Here is a typical snap shot:
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-396300-b1.jpg
here is the same area from the opposite direction:
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-396499-b2.jpg
In both examples, we get humdrums meh images.
But if we work the scene and shoot a different angle, we can get this aesthethically better photo.
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-396730-g1.jpg
Which may even be better if we were using a lens with a narrower FOV, as mocked-up here:
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-396964-g1b.jpg
It is the same spot, just looking at it from a different angle and perhaps with a different aperture.
What makes this image work?
Lots of reasons, but mainly, we eliminated the uncecessary parts. The uglies, the noise the distractions and kept only the parts that work together.
Here is another angle of the same area:
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-397191-b3.jpg
Again a humdrum image and more so, there is my shadow!
So again we try to find a better angle. In this case I had to sit down while keeping the phone up and zoom a bit so that the side verticals do not appear and make an imaginary wider space.
https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/upload/2023/12/20/t1-397361-g3.jpg
Next time you shoot, find the angles. There might be a better composition hiding in that noise. Pehaps a diamond amongst the coals.
Happy shooting!
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There are many ways to make a good photo. br Crea... (
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That’s how I’ve always photographed, why my wife has always had reading material with her for those times when a “5 minute photo stop” took 30 minutes as I searched for a good perspective.