My World: The moment it clicks..

[fahim mohammed]

Want to read a great book by a master photographer?

Try ' The moment it clicks ' by Joe McNally. A master talks about lighting, the photographs of famous people; the places; and the techniques.

Or just wait patiently for the moment it clicks..

In the last resort, there is nothing to it really. Just my opinion.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Want to read a great book by a master photographer?

Try ' The moment it clicks ' by Joe McNally. A master talks about lighting, the photographs of famous people; the places; and the techniques.

Or just wait patiently for the moment it clicks..

In the last resort, there is nothing to it really. Just my opinion.

Of course it's good. you read the book, LOL!

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Want to read a great book by a master photographer?

Try ' The moment it clicks ' by Joe McNally. A master talks about lighting, the photographs of famous people; the places; and the techniques.

Or just wait patiently for the moment it clicks..

In the last resort, there is nothing to it really. Just my opinion.

Of course it's good. you read the book, LOL! This one will be very tough to follow. Who dares?

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

It is really very simple Asher.

I shall illustrate with some examples I have posted previously. And..the camera does not matter.

Decide. What would you like in a photograph of a particular place, environment, time or when you come upon a scene.

I have found that it is some form of motion, a glance, a look, doing a thing..caught in the act. preserved
forever.

When a viewer looks at that captured moment, he/she should somehow know/feel/be connected with what one was trying to photograph.

If it is people ( besides portraits, studio shots and the like ) show that they are alive!!

Nothing to it really. Wait for the moment it clicks.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Please keep in my mind that what I express here are just my views ( they could be totally wrong ), this is how I work. There might be a million other better ways. This is how I did it, and how I do it.

Patience might be a virtue in women. But without it I would not be able to enjoy my photography in a manner I would like my photographs to be.

In the following image, cover the boy going out of the frame. See what happens.

Wait, wait, he is about to exit the frame..click.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Let me add a few things more.

Patience.
Anticipation.
Context.
Content.
Inclusion and/or exclusion.

These are not to impress anyone, least of all me. It just happens that these are basic human instincts and the way we relate to things around us.

I shall give an example, once I find the file.

Remember that context and content are different things. They can be together or can be mutually exclusive. The human brain can very often make the connection, can infer..correctly, according to the photos intentions, or develop an association of its own.

Enough jargon. Please take note that I do not mention anything about focal lengths, apertures, SS, iso, lighting and the like.

Get the five points I mentioned right. No one is going to bother about the aperture etc. Just my opinion.

 

[fahim mohammed]

I could not locate the image I had in mind, but this shall do for now.

I was meandering thru alleys aimlessly. I came across this scene.

Striking colors, specially in the high contrast sunlight.

In the first image, I have done a quick and dirty clone job to illustrate my way of thinking and how I did it.

I believe, if I spend some time on it, the image above in and of itself would be an excellent one to frame.

However, here I remember clearly, i just paused. Put my backpack down and casually looked around.
I was waiting. passing time. I was waiting for something to happen.

Maybe 20 seconds later, I had my picture. Picked up my backpack and was on my way.

This to me, is how I generally like to approach and do my photography.

Two photographs, same place, separated by about 20 seconds and make all the difference to me.

Try and relate them to the points I mentioned in a post above that are important to me.

By the way. I Instinctively had decided to go for a vertical shot in this frame. Rangefinders are really not that convenient for vertical use!!

Do you think a horizontal shot would have been better? Why?
How would you have taken this shot?

 

[fahim mohammed]

And this last one.

What do waves do when they lash against a rock?
That's right.

So wait for it to happen.

That is the moment it clicks.
Nothing to it really.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Fahim,

I'm spellbound by the simplicity and sophistication of your photographs. Your guide is generous and straightforward, I grant you that!

However, likely as not, it would take years for most other folk to follow your successful path. One can say the same of finding a wife. "Keep an eye open for a woman who you find attractive, warm, humorous, industrious, tender, loyal, open and noble... and then find a way to make he give up all other choices for you." Just because you managed to do that, others are not going to be so fortunate. There are, after all, few pearls of rare beauty to discover, otherwise we'd not recognize them as being so rare! That's what one does when one makes picture like yours, one gives up all the other choices for the qualities one sees in that rare fleeting moment.

These are transcendental happenings that occasionally come to the practiced photographer devoted to being aware of everything sensotic!

So, it's not so simple after all!

Asher

 

[fahim mohammed]

Fahim,

....

One can say the same of finding a wife. "Keep an eye open for a woman who you find attractive, warm, humorous, industrious, tender, loyal, open and noble... and then find a way to make he give up all other choices for you." .....

.....
So, it's not so simple after all!

Asher

Asher, this was the easiest thing for me to do. I just told my grandmother to find me a girl who would have me.

One year later, I married Ayesha. We now have grandchildren of our own.
What did it take? Patience. For a year.

Photography, takes a lot more patience.

Grateful for your kind comments.

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

Want to read a great book by a master photographer?

Try ' The moment it clicks ' by Joe McNally. A master talks about lighting, the photographs of famous people; the places; and the techniques.

Or just wait patiently for the moment it clicks..

In the last resort, there is nothing to it really. Just my opinion.

First of all blinking heck but that is a great picture!

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

I could not locate the image I had in mind, but this shall do for now.

I was meandering thru alleys aimlessly. I came across this scene.

Striking colors, specially in the high contrast sunlight.

In the first image, I have done a quick and dirty clone job to illustrate my way of thinking and how I did it.

I believe, if I spend some time on it, the image above in and of itself would be an excellent one to frame.

However, here I remember clearly, i just paused. Put my backpack down and casually looked around.
I was waiting. passing time. I was waiting for something to happen.

Maybe 20 seconds later, I had my picture. Picked up my backpack and was on my way.

This to me, is how I generally like to approach and do my photography.

Two photographs, same place, separated by about 20 seconds and make all the difference to me.

Try and relate them to the points I mentioned in a post above that are important to me.

By the way. I Instinctively had decided to go for a vertical shot in this frame. Rangefinders are really not that convenient for vertical use!!

Do you think a horizontal shot would have been better? Why?
How would you have taken this shot?

Second of all although I prefer the first one which I believe is georgous in it's colourful purity, the concept you discuss here is what I taught my class today. Find your composition and then wait for the right person to walk into it. Even if it takes hours, that way you can get the best of both worlds. It's the way I shoot, it's the way I was taught to shoot and it's the way I believe HSB shot. Find your composition and then wait for the human element which in your mind will complete it.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Ben, thanks for stopping by and the kind words.
My apologies for the delay in acknowledging your post.

Take care.