Friday, May 22nd, 2009...12:23 pm
Photography Eye-Q
For Most Wedding Photographers wedding season is underway. It’s getting warm; even here in michigan. You’re probably busy shooting engagement portraits outdoors or even going to weddings.
I thought today for this week i would write about how to improve your photography eye-q (IQ. Or visual intellect. I just made it up just now). Meaning your visual creative genius or part of the brain. I find that anyone can develop your creative muscles if you would everyday for at least half an hour spend sometime looking over photos.
The reason professional photographers are better than an amateur is truely not because of our technical abilities or camear gear; but the amount of creative intelligence we possess: technical ability comes second (IMHO). You see this holding true with a photographer like gregory crewdson. He rarely ever likes to shoot photographs but he is gifted and talented and can create strong concepts and ideas for his team to execute.
The greater our Eye-Q of an individual the easier it is for a photographer to contrive, execute and pre-visualize our shots and create beautiful images on the fly. This is what our clients pay extra for; or should be paying you a premium for. They’ve entrusted their dollars/rupies/currency to execute their wedding/portraits with the utmost creative excellence for whatever you do.
You’re ready to work out your Eye Q?!
Here are some things that you can do everyday to enhance your creative Eye-Q. But first you should follow some rules:
- Copying. Try not to copy the style.
- Be yourself. If it’s not your style don’t do it
- Don’t give up. Keep learning
Here are somethings or ideas that will help improve or expand your creative Eye-Q.
- Keep a collection of magazine photos that you are inspired from
- Store these clippings somewhere. I find a cork board best. Stack images on top of them each month. Keep it updated.
- Subscribe to some magazines that interest your style: Brides magazines etc.
- If you don’t want print. Print some things out and attach it to your creative cork board.
- Spend time minutes scanning portraits or paintings or find some inspiration for photography through other mediums: movies, books, paintings
After you’ve found your clippings or have filled your inspiration board. Try to execute on them. Have them stored in your brain (with neurochromes) and try to execute them in your own way: whether at a wedding or a portrait session.
Hope this has been helpful for you wedding photographers. Hoping you all the best start of the wedding season. -C
1 Comment
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:44 am
Really fascinating tips. I have been collecting nice photos from magazines too and see how their styles would help my shoot once in a while.Thanks!
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