Category: Street Photography Photograph: "Ghost_19" by Pierre Pichot One of the most powerful aspects of photography is its ability elicit emotions in us. But, our emotions can also change how we perceive an image. The first time I saw Pierre Pichot's photo "Ghost_19" I thought, "Cool, that has a great dark mood, it's kinda creepy". The next time, "It seems very melancholy, I wonder who that is and what they are thinking". The next time, "It feels like there is a sense of foreboding, like something bad is about to happen". Each time I … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Pierre Pichot
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Coming up with a Great Idea for a Photo
Coming up with a great idea is challenging for me. I only know one person who can come up with a great idea on the spot, and that's Photofocus editor Rich Harrington. Recently, our studio was selected to design a Dream Shoot for LensRentals.com. We could do anything we wanted, a wide-open project, and LensRentals.com would provide all the gear we needed. One of the hardest things for me to do is come up with a good idea. I have ok ideas all the time, but most never amass to anything. Here are a few ways that I come up with a good idea. … [Read more...] about Coming up with a Great Idea for a Photo
The Role of Mood In a Photograph
I made this image at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) observatory near Magdalena, New Mexico about 50 miles south of Socorro. This place was made famous by the movie "Contact" starring Jody Foster. It's an inspiring place and depending on when you photograph it, both time of day and time of year, combined with light and weather, provides a perfect opportunity to experiment with "mood" in photography. When making this image, I was in Bosque del Apache one day when I noticed some dark clouds forming to the west. I knew the wind was … [Read more...] about The Role of Mood In a Photograph
Designing A Photograph – Mood
When you're trying to set up a photograph, one question you might want to ask yourself is: "What sort of mood do I want to set with this image?" Mood is an often overlooked, but it's a very important key to designing a meaningful image. One of the moods I like to design into my photographs is tranquility. We live busy lives in an even busier world. Our choice of drive through menus is very long as is our selection of cable television channels and satellite radio networks. With all the noise that is out there, I like to design photographs that … [Read more...] about Designing A Photograph – Mood
