So what is it that you want out of your pictures? Sometimes we look at others photos and think, "That's so incredible!" But why? Why do we think it's incredible? Is it the spontaneity? The expression? The location? The angle? What makes you stop and go, "Ahhh. I love that."? Let's examine several famous photos and break down each one, looking at how all these things play their part.
SpontaneityNothing inspires ahhh like a real moment frozen in time. Everyone remembers this hugely famous image from the ending of WWII:
The sailor kissing a woman in Time Square
Talk about being at the right place at the right time! This image catured for everyone the feeling of the day. The raw emotion that was being played out in hearts all over the country. You didn't need to know this couple to know what they were feeling and for it to strike a cord with you. That is just the incredible beauty of this image. We, as the viewer, get it; completely and even without a caption.
When you are taking pictures to capture spontenaeity, you not only need to be in the right place at the right time but you need to know what moment will be a defining moment of that day. You need to see it coming before it happens. I highly doubt the couple in the photo above was lip locked for very long! But other couples were kissing and had been kissing and this photographer put himself in the best place to hopefully capture some kissing!
John and Jacqueline Kennedy at their wedding:
The Young Afghan Girl:
These are spontaneous moments that are not posed or scripted. The photographer just perfectly captured a moment in time that we never want to forget once we've seen it.
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