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 07/08/2004 06:10:09 PM · #1
I'm working on a challenge and I have an idea. I've taken a few test shots but I just can't seem to get the photo that I have envisioned in mind. It's so frustrating! I'm sure I'm not the only with this problem. So what do ya'll do when the imagination is there but you just can't quite capture it? Any brainstorming tips you can share?
 07/08/2004 06:18:35 PM · #2
Originally posted by digistoune:
So what do ya'll do when the imagination is there but you just can't quite capture it?


I think this is one of the reason must people have upgraded their cameras since the lower priced dSLRs (Rebel, D70) have come out.

I don't know if I would've receive a higher score if I took my June Free Study with the gear that some of the dSLR users have. I wanted to take a super close up but I didn't have the right camera/lens siteup. Don't know if I would've even received a higher score or not. Oh well next challenge awaits.
 07/08/2004 06:20:07 PM · #3
What's wrong with the photo you're capturing, digi? Not bright enough? Not dark enough? Basic or advanced editing?

:)

M
 07/08/2004 06:20:24 PM · #4
Try harder? Whatever you do, don't give up. That perfect photo isn't going to create itself.

Do you really have a good idea of what you want to create? Maybe spend some time thinking about exactly what it is that you want to achieve with your photo. You may find that you need to modify your vision. Nothing is impossible, but some things are damn hard to do.

07/08/2004 06:59:22 PM · #5
It's not an editing issue and my exposure is right where I want it. I just have this composition in my mind that I JUST CAN'T seem to get right. But I will not give up! I'm gonna take a break for a while, think on it without a camera in my hands for a bit and then revisit the idea and just keep snapping until I've got it. Nothing else to do, right?!

Thanks Guys for the help and encouragement - that's probably what I needed more than anything :-D
 07/08/2004 07:14:47 PM · #6
There are times when I strongly consider the application of a baseball bat to the issue. But I don't think that's covered by the warrenty.

Clara
 07/08/2004 07:44:06 PM · #7
Originally posted by blemt:
There are times when I strongly consider the application of a baseball bat to the issue. But I don't think that's covered by the warrenty.

Clara


LMAO - now there's an idea I hadn't thought of!
 07/08/2004 07:58:10 PM · #8
Originally posted by blemt:
There are times when I strongly consider the application of a baseball bat to the issue. But I don't think that's covered by the warrenty.

Clara


I added you to faves because of this line. lol I may add it to my signature. Any objection?
 07/08/2004 08:39:49 PM · #9
I remember reading a book where he author recommended stating that you may want to capture your concept in words first. The example given was a photo of a spider web in the morning dew that "looked like a string of diamonds". The resulting photo looked almost like a diamond necklace held in the air.

Sorry for the long narrative, but I think the idea can help...
 07/08/2004 08:58:15 PM · #10
Originally posted by mavrik:

I added you to faves because of this line. lol I may add it to my signature. Any objection?


*blush* Thanks! Not a single objection to being quoted. :)


07/08/2004 09:04:00 PM · #11
Done! :)

A Team Canon adding a Team Nikon! *gasp*

(sorry to distract the thread)

@digi - take the closest thing you have. Put it in PS and play with it - then make what you like better come out to the real image. :)

M
 07/08/2004 09:40:34 PM · #12
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I remember reading a book where he author recommended stating that you may want to capture your concept in words first. The example given was a photo of a spider web in the morning dew that "looked like a string of diamonds". The resulting photo looked almost like a diamond necklace held in the air.

Sorry for the long narrative, but I think the idea can help...


That's excellent advise - I can't wait to try that. Thanks!
 07/09/2004 12:54:12 AM · #13
I get frustrated and move on to other ideas. Trouble is, my good ideas are few and so I end up with no photo at all. :(

The surprising thing is that sometimes the photo that didn't come out as intended happens to be better than how I originally envisioned it.
 07/09/2004 01:10:00 AM · #14
This type of frustration is so common with me! Here is one way I try to solve it:

If I look at a subject and decide I want a photo of it, I try to ask myself why I wanted to take the shot in the first place--what do I find interesting or attractive about it? If I can answer this, I then have a clue as to how I can approach the subject to best communicate my feelings about it. Does that make sense?

The other day, for instance, I found an interesting barn with intersting light around it. I took many photos, but finally ended up with this one:



After close ups of the wood, and medium range shots of the architecture, I finally realized that what I really liked about the barn was its place in the wide space around it: the clouds, the fields, the mountains, etc. I liked it in its wide context. So I ended up with this shot.

So I often just need to clarify my thinking a little.
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