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Shooting in a zoo…

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This Sunday we finally had some time to spend some time as a family and go somewhere, our son wanted to visit Artis (Amsterdam Zoo) so the decision was made very quickly. While walking through the Zoo I of course took some images, and to be honest it was never my intention to share them online in the blog, however I met some people struggling with taking images from the animals and of course I helped when possible and thought that it would be nice to maybe dedicate some space on the blog to the tips I find useful when shooting in the Zoo (or somewhere similar of course) and I think it will also nicely fit in line with the blog posts about composition and creativity.

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Composition, creativity etc. Part III

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In Part III we look at some more images where we put elements together.
And do remember that you can “force” luck.

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Composition, creativity etc. Part II

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Today the second part in this series about creative and composition.

 

I’m a strong advocate for making the composition in the camera, meaning I don’t believe you should crop later in Photoshop. There are of course exceptions but when you have the chance I think you should shoot the image the way you want it to be in the end results. During the Scott Kelby seminar in Amsterdam I shot several images from Corine and explained the difference between shooting in the portrait mode and landscape mode. For me personally the landscape modes creates much more interesting images and draw the viewer more into the image. However after the seminar I did receive a mail from one of the participants asking me why I threw away so many pixels and did not shoot my images with the model full screen, so let me explain …..
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Composition, creativity etc. Part I

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One of the questions that are asked a lot, and hardly ever answered is about composition and creativity.
The reason why there is little to no attention to it can be explained rather simple, it’s something that’s not easy to explain. In my workshops I always have a lot of information about composition and creativity because I strongly believe that it lies in those areas where a standard snapshot is transformed into a story, and in reality we are of course story tellers. However I also feel that I can explain technical stuff to everyone, but “seeing” is something completely different. In other words, everyone will understand that if you press the shutter an image is captures, however not everyone will see the image the way it will be interesting. So today some attention to this part of photography.
The coming days/weeks (depending on your responses) I will be posting several blog posts with sample images all discussing this topic. Feel free to ask questions or add images to the threads, this way I can find examples and explain the techniques behind them.

 

Do remember that this is my personal vision, with creative, humor etc. it’s always very person related, so don’t take everything as being the 100% truth, opinions will vary (and good that they do) however I hope that there will be a lot of elements that will help you improve your own work.

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