Telling A Story From A Photograph
Pictures can tell more than sentences and words can ever have. They portrays strong emotions of the model and it capture the whole surroundings. One frame is enough to make a story.
But how can we achieve such goals?
Here are some tips on how to take a story like photograph:
1. What is your story about?
It is important for you to make a plan about what kind of story you want to tell through your picture. Finding a topic is essential in order to create a great story and depicting what is the content. It can help you in choosing what kind of shoot that you will want to take.
2. Deciding what kind of shot you want to take
After knowing the content of your photography, it is important for you to decide what kind of shot you chose in order to strengthen the story telling in your photograph. Different kind of shot can tell different kind of picture.
There is a discussion though about whether to take a single shot or series of shot?
Single shot might seems to be very shallow because it's only telling a story of one sided only and it has no continuation, leaving people have no idea what is actually going on. But when there are series of shot, it might be easy to tell what story the photographer is trying to tell.
3. Length of your photo
Don't underestimate the length in photography. Make sure you know the length of your photos so you know how much information you are trying to show. For example is wide angle lengths where it was able to portrays more details of the surroundings.
4. Be unique
Trying to capture the best picture is not easy. It needs to be original and stand out from the crowd. Which is what makes photography a challenging things to do. In order to be different, one must have their unique and own original idea, not copying someone else's works.
5. Timing
Who says timing is not important? The changes of seasons or weather affect your photos very much. Knowing what is the right time to take a shoot in order to portray the story perfectly is very important.
But how can we achieve such goals?
Here are some tips on how to take a story like photograph:
1. What is your story about?
It is important for you to make a plan about what kind of story you want to tell through your picture. Finding a topic is essential in order to create a great story and depicting what is the content. It can help you in choosing what kind of shoot that you will want to take.
2. Deciding what kind of shot you want to take
After knowing the content of your photography, it is important for you to decide what kind of shot you chose in order to strengthen the story telling in your photograph. Different kind of shot can tell different kind of picture.
There is a discussion though about whether to take a single shot or series of shot?
Single shot might seems to be very shallow because it's only telling a story of one sided only and it has no continuation, leaving people have no idea what is actually going on. But when there are series of shot, it might be easy to tell what story the photographer is trying to tell.
3. Length of your photo
Don't underestimate the length in photography. Make sure you know the length of your photos so you know how much information you are trying to show. For example is wide angle lengths where it was able to portrays more details of the surroundings.
4. Be unique
Trying to capture the best picture is not easy. It needs to be original and stand out from the crowd. Which is what makes photography a challenging things to do. In order to be different, one must have their unique and own original idea, not copying someone else's works.
5. Timing
Who says timing is not important? The changes of seasons or weather affect your photos very much. Knowing what is the right time to take a shoot in order to portray the story perfectly is very important.
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