Lets first start off like this, don't look at the picture that is posted. Pull out a piece of paper and draw the following picture as I describe it. A girl studying under a tree in the fall. Take some time to draw it. Once you are done look at the photos and compare. There is no right or wrong answer. Most likely what you have on paper is not what I have in my pictures and that's alright. Point I am trying to make is that everyone see things differently and that's what makes us unique. As photographer, you have to start thinking in more than one way which bring me to my next point, triangles. Triangles is a combined word form of "try angles" which was mistakenly discovered my editor Jake May. Try different angles. You want to show the people who will see the photo an angle that they would normally wouldn't see or think about.
(Joe Tobianski/Staff Photographer)
Holly freshman Emily Brendel studies under a tree between Pearce and Anspach on Thursday afternoon. Brendel says, "It's a really nice day, so I am studying my psychology notes outside."Let's quickly think about looking for that standalone. I have been hunting for standalones for a couple of hours, driving around town. I went to the park and people were just enjoying a walk. I saw some photo opportunities, but than I remembered we ran similar photos in previous issues in the paper. Here is where I went wrong and than changed my thought process. Standalones do not have to be huge loud action shots that screams fireman rushing out of a building with a baby and the building explodes in the background and everyone is ok. Although that would be a sweet photo, but standalones can be quiet and just as nice. It being a really nice warm day in fall, i decided to take that route and try to find someone enjoying the day. Being early afternoon, people are still in classes and not really out playing frisbee or tossing a ball or doing cartwheels to class. So I had to work with I could find people enjoying the day. I started to see a trend of people studying outside. I did a few other people before I got to these photos that are posted. Best thing to find is people really engaged at what they are doing.
(Joe Tobianski/Staff Photographer)
Holly freshman Emily Brendel studies under a tree between Pearce and Anspach on Thursday afternoon. Brendel says, "it's a really nice day, so I am studying my psychology notes outside."Now let's talk about my thought process with the picture in this blog. When I first saw this situation it instantly reminded me of two things. First was a picture my best friend drew about five years ago and a song that describes that describes that scene. So having my camera in hand, I take a few pictures to get exposure and framing that way I want it. I see exposure is good, but I am to far away. So I take a few steps, shoot, few, steps and shoot until I get he framing I want. I wanted the tree to fit with a clean background. Now let's get in closer. I approached her and apologized for bothering her asking if I could take her picture for the paper. She happily agreed and I quickly took her information for the paper. I told her to go back to what she was doing as if I were never there. She instantly went back to studying. I took a few head on shots. Stood up, moved around. While doing this I was checking the background and making sure it wasn't busy. The buildings were not making to happy in the background. I really liked the color of the leaves, so I crouched down, not even having my eye to the camera hovering just over the ground and tilted my camera up so that she would be in the picture and the leaves of the trees. Having done that, I minimized the buildings in the background, and kept it clean. I showed what I wanted to show with an angle that people would normally would not think of. A girl studying under a tree in the fall.
Remember... keep shooting and TRIANGLES!!!
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