"Photography Theory" All the facts and some of the facts
- ChungT.
- Feb 14
- 2 min read
Photos can never show the whole truth, but photography can influence history and even change people's perceptions. Because the photographer's choice of lens will change the way things are presented, moral constraints will arise when shooting controversial subjects.
"Photography" means looking through the viewfinder and then pressing the shutter to leave an image on the film/photosensitive element.
Photography pursues the restoration of reality, restoring the real image through the viewfinder, so that the photographer can depict a touching picture within the frame. Most people think that a good photo is one with sharp focus and beautiful composition, but this is only a superficial image. If you go a little deeper, you should add different elements such as design, aesthetics, personal opinions, curiosity, etc. to the real scene, record everything you see in reality with your own unique vision, and a photo full of personal style and tension will be born.
All the facts and some of the facts
When shooting, you can first determine the subject, and then select the picture you want to shoot. Basically, you can take a good photo by eliminating unnecessary and distracting information from the viewfinder. If you want to go a step further, you need to consider the distribution and proportion of the "space" and "subject" in the picture, how to use the information in the picture to highlight the "subject", and adjust the shooting angle and distance. By controlling the edge of the frame, you can guide the audience to make associations.
"Space" helps to strongly separate the subject from the background;
The effects produced by the different angles of the "subject" at different distances and heights are also different.
We can also see the existence of "space" in any picture, and each existence may represent different meanings.
For example: when we take landscape photos, we shoot everyone in half-body/full-body shots, but the background occupies about 1/3 of the entire screen. The result will be that we have been here before, but it is not clear what the place is like because we put the main subject on the people. If we shoot everyone in half-body/full-body shots, and the background occupies 2/3 or even more of the entire screen, the result will be that we have been to this place together and left behind good memories.
The use of "space" can not only highlight the subject, but also increase the sense of reality and make the overall effect more touching.
So when we need to ask someone to take photos for us, we might as well explain a little more: do you want a group photo of everyone in high spirits or a group photo of everyone happily in a specific place?
