What details do you need to pay attention to when appreciating excellent photographic works?

Now, as we all know, reading more excellent photos is the key to improving aesthetics. Just as improving writing means reading more, improving photography aesthetics means reading more excellent photography works, and don't be a frog in the well immersed in narcissism about your photos. Just like I just joined a photography training group, every photo I took after buying a SLR felt good. The teachers in the group are often speechless about our narcissism, saying that you should watch more and shoot more. Seeing too many good photos, raising the aesthetic standard will naturally produce a good film, and even if you don't take ideal photos for the time being, you know which direction to work hard in and where your gap is.

So how can we appreciate good photos?

1. What attracted you in the photo?

Why stay in this photo and not in other photos? What attracted you in the photo? Is it emotion? Is it a visual shock? Or is there a link with the feelings that the photographer wants to express? Or is it your inner state that you can't say clearly?

2. What kind of stories or associations are conveyed in the photos?

We often feel that when we see a photographer's work, no matter what she shoots, you will feel the photographer's capture of the details of life. The photos are full of life breath and trivial details, but I feel so happy after reading them and would like to see them again. And some photographers' works may be a blockbuster feeling, whether shooting people or shooting scenery, they are magnificent, spotless and quiet; Moreover, some photographers' works are full of melancholy and coldness, which are very artistic; It's hard to say which photographer is the best and which is not, but from a personal point of view, you can have your own preferences, and these preferences accumulate over time to form your own shooting style;

3. Look at your favorite photos and then look at them, never letting go of every detail.

After finding our favorite photos from the emotional level, we may also want to imitate our favorite photographers and take our favorite photos. At this time, we need to know: light, angle, lens focal length, aperture, shutter, post-stage, tone, light and shade, etc. , so that we can imitate before creating; Watch me imitate the work of my favorite photographer Qiqi.

4. Some advice for beginners of photography

We must study system theory. An excellent photographer must have solid basic skills, continuous learning, continuous accumulation of experience and continuous self-breakthrough. The saying that "photography is poor for three generations" is generally about equipment lovers, but no matter how good the equipment is, it is not as good as the head behind the photographic equipment.

The above three views and suggestions on how to appreciate excellent photographic works, I hope to bring you thinking and more thinking.

Make good use of natural light and shoot ordinary people.