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hi everyone...i personally like photographing people compared to nature but which do you think is tougher???
Originally posted by David
For beginners, I think it is safe to say he is usually more successful in landscape shots than portraiture. With the advent of digital photography, it is no wonder beginners and novices are more into street/animal photography. U can work alone and just go out to snap stuffs which catch your eyes. Not so simple with portraits.
Originally posted by ziploc
People portraiture is tougher of course. You need to concern about the subject's emotion, expression, posture, make ups, lighting, ways to bring out the strong points while concealing the weakness (in appearance), etc etc...
Originally posted by Jed
Consider portraiture. How many of the portraits we see would fall to pieces if we replaced the sweet young, occasionally scantily clad young lady with a guy of the same age?
Originally posted by Jed
Nature photography is tougher of course. You need to be aware about the subject's atmosphere, colours, your viewpoint, lighting, ways to bring out the strong points while concealing the weakness (of the natural form), etc etc...
Honestly, I'd find it very difficult to understand how one form of photography can be readily considered easier or tougher. On the surface level some work can seem straightforward, just point and shoot, sorted. Yet if you dig deeper, to get consistently good results in any area of photography requires dedication and application.
Consider portraiture. How many of the portraits we see would fall to pieces if we replaced the sweet young, occasionally scantily clad young lady with a guy of the same age? A portrait needs to be more than just depiction and likeness of a person, at least it does on a photographic level.
Or macros for that matter. Seems relatively straightforward to just fill the frame with a subject and snap it. But just because it's some bug that you've never seen before at that magnification doesn't make it a good shot. It certainly doesn't mean that you can forget about composition, form, lighting, backgrounds, or, "subject's emotion, expression, posture, make ups, lighting, ways to bring out the strong points while concealing the weakness (in appearance)". With the possible exception of make up.
No specific criticism directed at any particular person.
Originally posted by Lennier
1. You can't talk English to a bug. And expect it to respond.
2. Small bugs bring about many technical constraints e.g. shutter speed, how to fill flash, etc etc.
Originally posted by Lennier
Jed, what's with all the preemptive stuff? It gets a little ... idiotic, if you don't mind me saying.
Originally posted by Lennier
Maybe because I've been doing portraits lately, I'm inclined to feel that they're easier than bug shots.
Jed, what's with all the preemptive stuff? It gets a little ... idiotic, if you don't mind me saying.
Originally posted by Lennier
Maybe because I've been doing portraits lately, I'm inclined to feel that they're easier than bug shots.
Jed, what's with all the preemptive stuff? It gets a little ... idiotic, if you don't mind me saying.
Originally posted by Jed
Roy, I'm relaxed. The only thing that worked me up was the idiotic comment.
Sure, obviously I have no problems with people expressing what they find more challenging for themselves. I certainly get what you are saying about people phrasing loosely. No doubt upon considering everything, Ziploc for example wouldn't have meant "People portraiture is tougher of course" as a unilateral sweeping statement. But as I said, I was relaxed, my response was meant to balance that out and nothing more, and the only thing that worked me up was being labelled idiotic.
I was just expressing that to claim (in general) that A is easier than B is simply to do a disservice to people who work hard at taking B type pictures.
Frankly this is not largely dissimlar to camera brands. Different brands have pros and cons, just like different types of photography has different difficulties and joys, different attractions and drawbacks.