Professional photographer explains the point "DIET" for photographing excellent pictures

A professional photographer Mr. Craig · Semekko said a movie explaining four points for photographing excellent photos in an easy-to-understand mannerThe Photographer's DIET"is. People who want to get better pictures from various kinds of tips where photographs are likely to be good just by being a little conscious, until they tend to take pictures and shoot all the time and talk about "It was such a thing!" It has become a content without loss by looking.

The Photographer's DIET - YouTube


"It is necessary to take excellent diets to get a healthy body, but it is necessary to be conscious of photographer's" DIET "when photographing excellent photos" Ms. Semekko of the house.


And it seems that there are four important elements to produce excellent photos.


That "four important elements" are hiding in "DIET".


The first is "DESIGN (design)".


The following photographs were taken with the geometric pattern of the real world in the composition. As the red dashed line extends from the sister sitting at the right edge at the right end, the triangle is scattered in the picture.


You can see that the following pictures contain geometric patterns more easily.


It is not necessarily "there must be a geometric pattern in the photograph absolutely", it is OK even if it shows the geometric pattern by the relationship of people and things in the composition. In the case of the following photographs, a triangle is formed when a couple and a man looking at it form a triangle, which seems to be "showing a geometric pattern by relationship".


The photograph needs to tell the situation, the second point is "INFORMATION (information)".


If you can convey enough information to the viewer through the picture, the story that will be transmitted through that picture will be completed in the viewer side. A woman talking to meaningfully with a police officer in a police car.


A giant man who stands alone at the bar's counter.


A woman nestling while wearing clothes in a sale bathtub. Even though none of the photos accurately understand the situation on the spot, it has enough information to inflate the story in the head.


The third point is "Emotion" because the photograph needs to appeal to the feeling of the viewer side.


If the subject in the photo strongly shows some emotion, it may trigger the emotions such as joy, sadness and enjoyment of the viewer.




Also, the scenery causes emotions such as rest and relaxation on the viewer side, and it seems to bring some kind of emotion to the viewer of whatever content it is.


An excellent picture seems to give to the side who sees a strong impression that "It can not be taken in a moment", and the point necessary for that is said to be "TIMING (timing)".


A portrait that cut out a unique moment ... ...


Excellent photographs are born by dramatic lighting on a very ordinary landscape, such as a photograph containing the moment that there is only here.






Although it is relatively easy to incorporate one or two elements of this "DIET" into a photograph, it is very difficult to incorporate three, and if it is four, "Mr. Semekko is no longer", he said.


Mr. Semekko seems to think that "EMOTION" is the strongest element among the four, and the pictures that various emotions of emotions and sorrows are about to jump in are released as slurry.








In addition, Mr. Craig · Semekko uses Leica for photography, and from the edge it explains how to use the Rangefinder in the official movie of Leica.

How to use a Leica M Rangefinder: Craig Semetko - YouTube