Train Your Eye
14/05/13 11:20 Filed in: Photography & Art
There is everyday somewhere news about a new piece of photographic equipment, promising better images and great photography. But in order to create great images one needs to see first and there is no equipment to replace the photographer’s eye.
It is not enough to physically see, it is necessary to see light and composition. The cameras try to help with the grid on the screen to create compositions according to the rule of thirds, but there is a better to learn that.
Just look at the old master and train your eye in seeing light and composition. During wildlife photography courses on photographic safaris and also during team building photographic safaris, training the eye is part of the photography basics. With examples of paintings the attendees learn to see perspectives and compositions, how the old masters used the light in their paintings and why we love them.
The best way to train the eye is to look at the old masters regularly, that the eye starts seeing paintings everywhere and no thinking is necessary anymore when creating a photograph.
Try it with art books or with galleries like the Louvre on the Internet and experience what it does to your photography.
Happy snapping!
Ute Sonnenberg for www.rohoyachui.com