My Camera
I’ve always been curious about what settings photographers use for what kind of situation and what all the magic behind the words shutter, shutter speed and ISO is. But the knowledge of the technical background alone is not all you need to know to take good pictures.
What you can not necessarily “learn” is having an eye for the right image composition. To take the picture in the right moment. To awaken emotions and moods and to put the object in the right place. That’s what it’s all about and that’s what I think makes the true magic of a good picture.
I always try to tell a story with my pictures and take the viewer on a journey that he/she likes to accompany me on. Always think to yourself: “What do I want to do or say with this image?” “What are my intentions?” Then you do not need an expensive camera.
Although you may now think that the “rules of composition” such as Golden Ratio or the Rule of Thirds can be learned, I nonetheless find that theory is one thing, but the actual photography is the other. Basically, I’m a big proponent of the sentence: “Learning by doing”. And that also applies to photography. Even if you only have a mobile phone available.
Editing
This picture was taken in the Philippines. Also with my cell phone when we were on a tuk tuk. I previously talked about compositions. I like it very much when people are in the center of the picture and in motion. The editing process of this image did not take long, but the certain something brought out of the picture. What do you mean? The topic of image processing and editing itself and the ethics behind it is a big but also very exciting topic for me and certainly worth a separate blog post. So stay tuned for upcoming blogposts!
