hensil
Guru
Three Rules of Photography
As we are discussing the 'Rule of Thirds' in photography, I realized there are actually 'Three rules of Photography' that we as a photographer should try to follow.
According to my understanding, one can be a good photographer, or the best photographer but never a perfect photographer. In my school of thoughts in photography there are four subjects to master to be a perfect photographer. That is to achieve 400 marks.
They are
1. Photographic Vision-100 marks
2. Photo Technique-100 marks
3. Photo Processing-100 marks
4. Combination of above three-100 marks
Photographic Vision
This is the most important subject and impossible to perfect (100%). This is the weak part in my photography and in constant progress of getting better. One can learn the art in schools and Universities but never perfect it. Art is a constant process of learning. Even the best of the artistes if lived longer would have agreed that they could have improved on their master piece. Or produced master piece better than the previous.
Photographic Vision is also an inbuilt quality, one can be better and quicker to learn than the other. Several times I have seen a novice photographer taking better picture than me. I see wonderful pictures on the web and wonder how could they visualize such pictures. I try to study them and emulate them. Every year, every month, every day or even every click I get better with my pictures. But I know I have to learn a lot.
Photo Technique
This is not difficult to learn if one has an inclination to. The internet is full of websites and videos that provide all kinds of solid information about the technical aspects we need to understand in order to take good pictures. Just reading the technical section on this forum can increase knowledge. However, photo science is evolving and improving every year. Therefore, this makes a constant process of updating our technical skills. You lag behind a couple of years and then realize that photo equipment has changed completely. And there is always some technical area we don't know.
Photo Processing
The same goes with Photo Processing. There are plenty of resources to learn. However, photo processing software are improving every month and we need to keep updated with them. Every time there is a new software in the market which could improve your pictures. I have successfully improved many of my older pictures processed with new version of the same software partly due to improved software and partly to my improved skills of editing.
So you see, one is in constant upgrade process to improve processing skills, learning new photo techniques and most important, constantly improving photographic vision to take better pictures.
Thank you,
Henry
As we are discussing the 'Rule of Thirds' in photography, I realized there are actually 'Three rules of Photography' that we as a photographer should try to follow.
According to my understanding, one can be a good photographer, or the best photographer but never a perfect photographer. In my school of thoughts in photography there are four subjects to master to be a perfect photographer. That is to achieve 400 marks.
They are
1. Photographic Vision-100 marks
2. Photo Technique-100 marks
3. Photo Processing-100 marks
4. Combination of above three-100 marks
Photographic Vision
This is the most important subject and impossible to perfect (100%). This is the weak part in my photography and in constant progress of getting better. One can learn the art in schools and Universities but never perfect it. Art is a constant process of learning. Even the best of the artistes if lived longer would have agreed that they could have improved on their master piece. Or produced master piece better than the previous.
Photographic Vision is also an inbuilt quality, one can be better and quicker to learn than the other. Several times I have seen a novice photographer taking better picture than me. I see wonderful pictures on the web and wonder how could they visualize such pictures. I try to study them and emulate them. Every year, every month, every day or even every click I get better with my pictures. But I know I have to learn a lot.
Photo Technique
This is not difficult to learn if one has an inclination to. The internet is full of websites and videos that provide all kinds of solid information about the technical aspects we need to understand in order to take good pictures. Just reading the technical section on this forum can increase knowledge. However, photo science is evolving and improving every year. Therefore, this makes a constant process of updating our technical skills. You lag behind a couple of years and then realize that photo equipment has changed completely. And there is always some technical area we don't know.
Photo Processing
The same goes with Photo Processing. There are plenty of resources to learn. However, photo processing software are improving every month and we need to keep updated with them. Every time there is a new software in the market which could improve your pictures. I have successfully improved many of my older pictures processed with new version of the same software partly due to improved software and partly to my improved skills of editing.
So you see, one is in constant upgrade process to improve processing skills, learning new photo techniques and most important, constantly improving photographic vision to take better pictures.
Thank you,
Henry
