If you're stuck in quarantine, I reccomend trying a skillshare free trial. You can sign up here. Second--I'm grateful to have learned a lot about photography this week and I can't wait to share it with you! Some tips I've learned from a photographer: 1. Tell a story through your photos. You've probably heard this before, but stories mean that you engage the viewer. You use composition not to describe, but raise questions about the situation. Good photos make viewers linger--and imagine stories inside their minds. The most important way to do this is knowing who or what your subject is--everything revolves around them. 2. Sometimes, the right way to do this is cutting off part of the picture the viewer wants to see. You can add mystery by not communicating the full story. 3. "Layers" contribute to the story of the photograph. When you're doing this, look for the unexpected. Is there something off? Something you aren't used to? Whether you're in Paris or a suburban neighborhood, it's the little oddities that make a picture unique and make the viewer ask questions. 4. But layers aren't random pieces of junk. Carefully align the layers (objects) so they have a clear relationship to the subject. 5. Using a limited color palette and repeating shape patterns draw the viewer's eye more than a mess of random colors. Remember, you're in control of the camera--whether it's a smartphone or DSLR. Here are some images I took incorporating these ideas. First one--adding layers. Second one: an experiment with angles. The picture cuts off, but behind the girl is a fence post that creates a V shape between the edge of the paper (a layer), her arm, and itself. Third one is an experiment with "cutting off" a part of her face to add some mystery. I will probably end up cropping it.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this update! Is there anything you're learning during quarantine? 🌙 priscilla
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