I think about photography all the time...except when im holding a camera

[koven]

A small blog post I just wrote haha.

http://mrelllis.tumblr.com/post/57304970729/i-think-about-photography-all-time-except-when-im

 

[Andrea Taurisano]

You have my understanding. Nice photos on your blog, but I will never buy that practice of drawing lines and stuff on photos to explain why they work or do not work. For me there is much more about photography than what photography mathematicians put into (f.ex.) HCB's great images. (ok, now shoot me 🙄)

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

(ok, now shoot me )

...Bang!

Now, where were we?

😀

 

[Richard G]

Agree about the lines.

 

[Ansel]

The last picture is probably my favorite too - reminds me of GEORGES SEURAT: "Une baignade à Asnières:

http://www.theartwolf.com/articles/impressionism/seurat-asnieres.jpg

If you think of photography all the time then don't worry about it, its all there when you pick up a camera. Your work shows you think deeply about what you shoot so it has an effect.

 

[Steveh]

You have my understanding. Nice photos on your blog, but I will never buy that practice of drawing lines and stuff on photos to explain why they work or do not work. For me there is much more about photography than what photography mathematicians put into (f.ex.) HCB's great images. (ok, now shoot me 🙄)

Another bang 😀

As Koven says in his blog post of course a lot of good photography is about emotion, soul etc. (and having super cool, super photogenic hipster friends doesn't do any harm either 😎), but these basis visual rules and conventions are important as well, whether you follow them or break them.

If I look at my favourite photos, whether my own or other people's, it's quite rare that I don't find exactly the king of visual relationships Koven has highlighted, and I do think that the more you think about these things the more you internalise them and it does then affect how you do things "in the wild" and makes it easier to compose effectively when scenes are unfolding in front of you in the real world.

I'm with Koven 100% on this one. Adam Marelli has some fascinating material on his website that's well worth exploring as well.