How to test the level of photographers?

If you want to be a professional top photographer, you should think about what top photographers rely on to open the gap with ordinary people.

First of all, there are two kinds of excellent photographers.

One is genius, and the other is evolution.

A talented photographer has a unique talent for shooting, and there is always a steady stream of inspiration to touch him to create excellent works.

Evolutionary photographers, who have no extraordinary talent, need to constantly shoot films, make mistakes and sum up experience in order to gain advantages and stand out.

95% of the top photographers are evolutionary photographers. How do the top photographers in evolution widen the gap with ordinary photographers?

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Color/expressiveness

Aside from black-and-white photography, color photography, and photos lacking color appeal, their picture expressiveness will inevitably be greatly weakened.

Color is one of the most powerful factors that determine the picture of a photo. The change of color layout includes the change of the relationship between colors, such as color contrast, harmony, gradient, etc., as well as the change of hue and color block distribution. Color is related to the style and temperament of the whole movie.

Color, like hue, is essentially a "note" process. For a picture, "it is closely related to people's thoughts and feelings.

Clever color matching can make viewers feel the similarities and differences of photography styles instantly. If you like bright colors, you must strictly master the tricks of color matching.

2

A decisive moment/situation

The word decisive moment was first put forward by Henry Cartier-Henri Cartier-Bresson, the "father of modern news photography".

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Many photos with decisive moments are achieved through snapshots. For example, this photo named "The Boy" is not prominent in subject matter, but it has become a famous work of Bresson.

Snapping can often capture the real state of the subject, giving people a sense of surprise and breakthrough.

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The tension provided by the image cannot be presented by posing. In each shot, the speed of picking up the camera and pressing the shutter may be the first span for you to become a top photographer.

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Composition/attraction

Good composition can catch the viewer's attention at the first time, but top photographers can skillfully use composition to enhance the visual appeal of their works.

These basic compositions seem ordinary, but it is difficult to use them well.

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Rod length

trichotomy

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Yaroshuk Daniel

? Diagonal balance

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Ian frommer

policy

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Helena georgiou

geometrical shape

A simple composition can produce a large film, provided that the picture is clean, the subject is prominent, the favorite things are left blank, the complicated things are removed, the picture is ethereal and the charm is long.

The above is what we can learn from the works of top photographers.

Before becoming a top photographer with a strong ability to take orders, the most important reason for the photographer's distance is whether he can continue to evolve. The terrible thing is that 95% of people are in the stage of "I don't know if I don't know".

Therefore, please be sure to keep an "empty cup" and don't refuse new cognition because of your own experience and old cognition.

Keep learning new knowledge and constantly improve yourself. Only in this way can we become top photographers.