 Robert Bridges |
Making a Heartfelt Connection with the Subject This question is not about film, nor is it about digital. It's about the art of photography regardless of what format or camera you use. It's a simple question, really, yet one which has me stumped. Simply its this: How do you get to that place where you know ... where you feel that you are really and deeply connected to your subject (regardless of what that subject is)? How do you come to that place/space where you feel at one with your subject?
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- Kelly Abernathy Contact Kelly Abernathy Kelly Abernathy's Gallery |
Interesting question. I feel it when I shoot what I love. I'm in my first photo class, and the assignments have taken me beyond what I normally shoot and I've learned that I love some of the new stuff and some of it I don't - although I'm definitely learning to improve my skills. But when I shoot what I love - be it family, wildlife, nature, candids - that's when I feel connected with my subject - while I'm shooting and while I'm processing. That's when I'm excited about what I'm catching in the moment and to see what I've caught when I process. It may be too simple of an answer to what you're looking for, but that's what came to my mind.
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Steve McCroskey |
Hi Robert! I find it easier to put myself into a "mind-set," so to speak, with the subject that I am going to take photos of. For example, last fall I spent 2 days in Mobile, Alabama, at the U.S.S. Alabama Battleship Park. I put myself in a mind-set as to what it would have been like to stand on her decks during W.W.II. When working with wildlife, I think about the beautiful works of God. I hope this gives you some insight!!
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