Notes on Photography |
"Another thing you must learn in good picture taking is how to communicate with your subjects. By this I mean when photographing people . . . for many of them it will be the first time in their lives they have had any dealings with a newspaper man, and they may never do so again. The story that has brought them into the news is probably already an unnerving experience for them. Put them at their ease. A photographer must have good manners and show an understanding of the way they feel . . . . It is a good photographer who is aware of the mood and feelings of his subject who achieves the best photographs."
"Most outdoor pictures are made in bright sunlight. This type of lighting offers the advantage of making colors look their brightest and snappiest. Exposure calculation is also simpler in bright sunlight because you can use the same exposure settings for most subjects. As long as you take pictures of average frontlighted subjects, you can shoot during most of the day at the same exposure settings."
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