Most Photographs Capture Just One Moment In Time

When things are active in front of the camera your choice of when to take the picture often ‘sets’ someone’s momentary expression or the brief juxtaposition of one person to another or their surroundings. Capturing the peak of the action often produces photographs that are frozen moments of time.

There is often a decisive moment for pressing the button that best sums up a situation or simply gives a good design. You need to be alert and able to make quick decisions if you are going for this type of picture. Once again, the camera cannot think for you.

The Camera does not Select

When we look at something we have an extraordinary ability to concentrate on the main
item of interest, despite cluttered surroundings. Our natural ‘homing device’ includes turning the head, focusing the eyes and generally disregarding any part of the scene considered unimportant.

Talking to a friend outside their house, you hardly register details of the building behind, but the camera has no brain to tell it what is important and unimportant. It cannot discriminate and usually records too much – the unwanted detail along with the wanted. This becomes all too apparent when you study the resulting photograph. Drainpipes and brickwork in the background may appear just as strongly as your friend’s face . . . and how did that dustbin appear in the foreground?

Using the viewfinder – framing up

Experienced photographers often make a rough ‘frame’ shape with their hands to exclude surroundings when first looking and deciding how a scene will photograph.

Similarly, you can carry a slide mount, or a cardboard cut-out, to look through and practice ways of framing up your subject. When you come to buying a camera, it is most important to choose one which has a viewfinding system you find clear and ‘comfortable’ to use, especially if you wear glasses. After all, the viewfinder is a kind of magic drawing pad on which the world moves about as you point the camera – including or cropping out something here; causing an item to appear in front of, or alongside, another item there. Digital cameras have the added advantage of often allowing you to frame your pictures on the camera’s inbuilt LCD screen as well as through the viewfinder.

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Menekan Shutter

Waktu kita menekan tombol shutter, semuanya kita yang menentukan, bukan orang lain. Mulai dari objek, komposisi, cahaya, hingga angle.