Tuesday, December 2, 2014

THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER BEHIND THE CAMERA


Why is the photographer so important?  Well first off, the photographer should have a great eye.  Having a great eye could first mean that the photographer should have great site and vision which would help to create more focused photos and video, but mainly having an eye for photography is when the photographer can get good composition.  We’re very limited by what we can see and our imagination can sometimes run wild.  The photographer should have his or her own style and be able to see what someone wants as far as work or a style and be able to mimic that specific style with the camera.  All photographers should be able to come up with their own techniques and skills. I was reading  about in the Digital Camera World site is  portrait photography it spoke on different ways that you can manually set your focus and play with the eyes of your talent. When you are behind a camera, you are a cinematographer. You have to be able to operate the camera professionally and frame shots and be very knowledgeable quick, and accurate at times.  If you can shoot well than you really do not need a fancy camera, you just need skill and technique as a photographer. Having a great phone like the IPhone 6 plus is a great phone to shoot pictures you can still do a great job, but having lenses and knowing good aperture and f-stops this is where it gets more technical and you actually need a good DSLR camera.  The photographer should be a visionary and be able to come up with unique ideas on their own and shoot at different camera angles and positions.  One of the things many people have a problem with is the 180-degree rule. In the Learn About Film site, it talked about the 180-degree rule and high and low angles.  If a photographer knows the different angles it can make the shot more powerful especially at a higher angle depending on what your going for. The photographer is the beholder of the camera, and the camera is like their baby they have to know it understand it and help make it work.