What is a good photo? IPhone photo contest tells you

Have you ever thought about what a good photo is? Good photos have nothing to do with equipment. Before you take a good photo, Benjamin, I want to tell you what is a good photo with IPPA's award-winning mobile phone works!

IPPA(IPhone Photography Award), an IPhone photography contest officially held by Apple since 2007, is the most popular smartphone photography contest today. Participants must use Apple devices to create. Every year, four awards are selected from the entries from 140+ countries (annual award+123) and category award 18 (123).

Jashim Salam, "Near the Tang refugee camp in Ukhiya, Rohingya children are watching a promotional film about health and hygiene." (Rohingya children watch the promo/Benjamin's translation of "Health" near Ujiya refugee camp in Bangladesh).

Our classmates were attracted by the astonished expression at first sight.

Then his eyes turned to the projector on his right,

Because the exposure of the whole picture is relatively dark, the light emitted by the white body and projector is particularly eye-catching.

Along the direction of the light, there are two blue tents with the same color in the upper right corner, and four words "civil disaster relief" are written on the tents. It's great for my country. . . )

Be clear at a glance.

Under the careful layout of the photographer, it is easy to see the content of the photo step by step along the set focus unconsciously.

In the scene of hundreds of people, it is miscellaneous but not chaotic, which accurately leads the audience's attention to the main body. This is what a good photo should look like.

Some people may ask, this photo is a little dark and underexposed. Actually, it's easy to judge. If this classmate improves the exposure, like this:

You will find it confusing. . . It's a mess because the overall exposure has improved, and everyone has seen the details clearly, and the audience's eyes have nowhere to put them.

By the way, our classmates feel that the practical significance of this photo is far greater than its aesthetic treatment. The refugees in the photo were originally Rohingya (Muslims) in Myanmar. After World War II, he was forced to flee to Bangladesh because of domestic religious conflicts and was not recognized by the Burmese military government. Later, they became stateless international refugees. At present, the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has reached one million.

Alexander Weber-"This photo was taken spontaneously after a truck drove by in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The woman in a traditional robe looks after the truck during her work break. (Photographed in Salvador, Brazil, a woman dressed in a traditional Bai Na looks at a passing truck/translated by Benjamin).

The composition is centered, the theme is prominent, and the picture is concise.

The photographer will only show you what he wants you to see.

There is a shadow of a telephone pole on the wall, but you can't see it.

Women look at passing trucks, but you can't see them.

Because these are not what the photographer wants to express, he just wants to show you the blue lime wall and the traditional yellow dress of Bahia.

Yellow and blue are warm and cold colors, which form a strong contrast and increase the harmony of the picture. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the purity and brightness of colors. Blue has low purity (saturation), yellow has high brightness and high purity. So we see that the skirt as the main body is brighter and more prominent than the wall. (Please leave a message below if you want to hear the color scheme)?

Zhao Huapeng: "At that time, I met this child walking by the sea. Just when I was about to take a picture of him, he suddenly blocked his eyes with the caught fish. "

People, fish and the ocean. The three elements simply explain the theme and subject. Although the child's action is unintentional, it shows a playful nature. Fisheye gives people a sense of dislocation, adding a bit of interest to the original ordinary people.

Being able to take this interesting photo can be said to be accidental or an experienced sense of smell. Zhao used to shoot on the beach near his home for more than three years. Facing the familiar scene, he said, "A few kilometers away from home."

This classmate flipped through the author's previous works and posted some interesting ones:

Zarni Myowin: "A little boy who lost a leg is watching his friend play football. He said he would like to play football if he could." The little boy who lost a leg watched his friends play football. He said he would join them if he could. )

Broken legs and football, shattered dreams. The sharp contrast can not help but arouse our classmates' sigh and sympathy. But this classmate only said two points, one is the composition and the other is the background of the work.

First, composition. The photographer didn't give a full-length shot of the boy who lost a leg, which is a simplification of the photographer's handling, in order to let the audience notice his lower body, or even just his lost leg.

Careful attention, I don't know whether it is intentional or coincidental, the broken leg is just at the golden section.

Second, the background of the work. Seeing the little boy's lost leg, this classmate had an intuition. Could it be related to the mine explosion?

Curious students get to the bottom of it, sure enough! The photo was taken by a photographer in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar.

Today, Myanmar is still mired in civil war. Although the military government rule ended on 20 10, there are still conflicts between the Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence Army, a minority armed force.

It is reported that mines are still distributed in many provinces of Myanmar. At present, there are at least 365,438+050 mine disabled people in Myanmar. After Afghanistan and Colombia, Myanmar has the third largest number of mines in the world.

Although the photographer in the photo did not reveal the reason for the boy's disability, it was enough to arouse people's concern about the current situation of mines in Myanmar.

Speaking of Zogando, I finally want to reveal what a good photo is for you. I am so excited that I can speak Cantonese ...

Good photos have three principles:

(Nepalese anti-government March/gautam, Skanda)

The theme is the people, things and things you want to express. Through your shooting, the audience can understand your intentions or feelings at a glance. What prompted you to press the shutter is that you were touched at a certain moment. "What is it?" If you receive such comments, most of them prove that you are complacent and the theme is not clear.

A good photo must attract people's attention to the subject, in other words, make the viewer's eyes turn to the subject immediately.

(Untitled/Benjamin)

A concise picture includes those contents that are conducive to attracting the subject's attention, while excluding or compressing those contents that may distract attention. Speak human words, try to do it, a photo has no more or less elements.

A good photo doesn't need to be eye-catching and unique, as long as it meets the above three points, such as the winning works of this iphone photo contest. If the photos can reflect the current social reality and have a little more humanistic connotation, it will be even more brilliant.