Photo courtesy of BHMpics.com
Maybe you have heard someone say: "they just have a good eye for photography". How does someone get a "good eye"? Wouldn't you love to just have that "good eye" so that all your photos come out fantastic? Is that what it takes? Are you born with a "good eye"?
Read through this article written by: MARGARET CRANFORD. She has studied this subject out and has discovered what it takes to get that "good eye" for photography.
DEVELOPING YOUR EYE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY :
Although there is much pleasure to be derived from taking a technically excellent photograph, there is a strong argument that a truly great shot depends most on your eye.
Look at the photographs you see every day in magazines, the press, or on display in a gallery. The shots you really take note of are the unexpected–the ones that catch a moment that could have been unnoticed and missed forever.
You also need to develop your ability to look at ordinary scenes with a fresh eye, to spot the beautiful or unexpected in ordinary surroundings. Heading for a well-known beauty spot is in itself clichéd, and unlikely to produce a memorable picture. However, how many people take photographs around the place you live? How many people take photographs on your street?
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“Sugar Cane” captured by PictureSocial member Alan Nixon
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Look local, get out and about in your area, finding the less well-trodden path the over-looked backwater, and see what your eyes are showing you. Remember to change your viewpoint; as shots taken low down or looking down are often the most dramatic and unusual. Look up too, as it amazes me how many people just look around themselves at eye level, never spotting the architecture and life that is going on above their head.
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“Fountains Abbey” captured by PictureSocial member Gavin Long
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Once you have found the sort of photography that means the most to you, whether that is landscape, action, wildlife, urban, macro or portraiture, you can learn more about the techniques and equipment need to take better and better shots. Your eye and your ability to see a good shot come first.
About the Author: Margaret Cranford (alecarte dot com) is a photographed based in Clevedon, North Somerset in the UK (redbubble.com/people/magsart). She creates and sources watercolour paintings, photographs and prints.
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