Originally posted by CaptUnderpants:
[Any other assignments you want me to do Bear or Derek ? |
From my original post:
Originally posted by bear_music:
And so forth, and so on. Your assignment; get out that brick and lamp and make some shots illustrating these principles. Then get out in the field and disregard subjects altogether; wherever you SEE nice light fully expressing some particular space or object, snap a shot of it. Post your results here :-) |
So get out and PRACTICE with light for a bit, make this your single goal. Don't worry about "subject" or even "composition" overmuch, just get in the habit of SEEING the light, not the subject/composition. And when you see a nice bit of light you want to record, walk around it, crouch down, stand up, study it from different angles, document it.
Let me make this clear: we're less interested, right now, in going out to "find an interesting rock to photograph" or "find a nice view to photograph". No, what we're looking for is nice light, and when we find it we want to record it, no matter how banal the erstwhile "subject" may be. Peeling paint? Nice light! Oil on your driveway? Check out that LIGHT, dude! Get in the habit of seeing how the light interacts with the world, instead of seeing the world "as objects", and you are becoming a different class of photographer.
So that's your assignment for a bit, and anyone else's who cares to join in: get out in the world and chase down the light!
Message edited by author 2013-02-25 11:40:40. |
