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07/01/2002 10:16:53 PM · #1 |
| Just wondering what percent of people stage their shots (ie. with props) verses capturing a pre-exsisting situation? |
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07/01/2002 10:21:04 PM · #2 |
so far, all but one of my shots have been shot in my house or garden. while i didn't always use a specific prop, it was always a planned shot. the one i took away from home (for on the road) was also planned - i went specifically to that location to take photos (albeit not specifically for the challenge).
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07/01/2002 10:24:56 PM · #3 |
Does that make a difference?
To me, it doesn't matter. Photography is an art - a creative process.
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07/01/2002 10:57:35 PM · #4 |
It does seem to matter to quite a few people here.. there is a fairly large group that seems to comment on 'set up' photos as if they are a bad idea...
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07/01/2002 11:12:03 PM · #5 |
| I think for a lot of people it depends on the challenge. I don't think there were a lot of staged or set-up photos for City Life (hokie's being the only one I can think of off the top of my head). The topic was just more conducive to getting a candid or photojournalistic shot. On the other hand, there are a lot of staged shots for transparency. The odds of happening to run into a situation where you could make a good photo out of transparency within the space of a week seem slim. |
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07/01/2002 11:22:53 PM · #6 |
Most of my shots have been staged. My architecture and transitions entries were not staged in that I set them up, but they are of motionless objects.
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07/01/2002 11:30:39 PM · #7 |
My transparent image was an oportunity I had to wait for,... I try to set up shots but they never seem to feel right. I set up my stop motion image,.. but it wouldnt have been I would normally have shot.. So I guess thats whats great about this site,.. is that it makes you shoot the non conventional, in ways you would have never thought of.
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07/01/2002 11:48:08 PM · #8 |
| Photography is my hobby â I enjoy getting out of the house to experience life and I try to express that in my photos. Setting up shots just seems to keep me in the house on a beautiful day. I tried setting up a shot for âtransparencyââ¦.. I thought it was pretty good, for me, never having done it. But Iâm pulling my lowest score ever. â now I want to get better at it - |
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07/03/2002 07:38:20 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Gotcha:
Photography is my hobby â I enjoy getting out of the house to experience life and I try to express that in my photos. Setting up shots just seems to keep me in the house on a beautiful day...
I see photography as a form of expression, how I see things. This can be conveyed through showing what I see when I look at an old barn, or through a setup shot such as my photo for this week''s challenge, which has significant symbolism. Either way, setup or not, there must be a creative element using the photographer''s toolset (lighting, selective focus, perspective, etc). If I fail to use these tools creatively, then what I end up with is a snapshot.
* This message has been edited by the author on 7/3/2002 9:24:35 PM. |
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07/03/2002 07:45:41 PM · #10 |
Most "good" pictures are "staged". Luck has a lot to do with an impromptu px caught well...IMHO.
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07/03/2002 10:35:40 PM · #11 |
| Almost all of my shots have been staged shots. To me it gives me a chance to control the enviornment and get my idea across a little better. I am not saying that I do not like taking impromptu shots, it just takes too long for all of the elements to come together, especially if there is a certain challenge you are trying to meet that dosen't always show up that readily in everyday life. My hat goes off to the people that are talented and fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time with a camera, and be able to capture the shot that can convey the feeling and meaning of of a single moment in time. Wish I had that ability. |
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07/03/2002 10:50:28 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Karen Bryan:
Most "good" pictures are "staged". Luck has a lot to do with an impromptu px caught well...IMHO.
I forget who it was, but a while ago one of the more famous National Geographic photographers was was asked how much luck figures into his photographs. He replied "It doesn't". Like Karen said, we all stage our pictures to one extent or another, and transparency seems to be more conducive to formally setting up a still life or a product shot, but so what? Even the nature photographs we're seeing this week had a lot of work put into them, being at the right place at the right time for the best part of the sunset, or the perfect sun angle for both reflection and transparency of water takes a lot of doing. |
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