{"id":98249,"date":"2018-02-01T21:26:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T02:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98249"},"modified":"2018-02-01T21:26:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T02:26:02","slug":"conveying-emotion-or-drama-in-a-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/02\/01\/conveying-emotion-or-drama-in-a-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Conveying emotion or drama in a photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you\u2019ll be at an awesome location or become part of a set of\u00a0circumstances that almost scream at you to capture the moment.\u00a0But\u00a0there\u00a0other times when it is difficult to decide what you will shoot.\u00a0 Most likely the viewer of that photograph won\u2019t be as impressed as you were with your choice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98250\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Camera-Club-News-2-1-18-Time-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"353\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>100 Photographs by the Editors of Time<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They weren\u2019t there to experience the emotion of the moment or the drama that you felt. So the question for you becomes: \u201cHow do I convey\u00a0those factors in this photograph?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some decisions to consider are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Look for an unusual angle to provide a unique view of the scene.<\/li>\n<li>Consider shooting from a higher or lower position than the usual standing elevation.<\/li>\n<li>Can you move in close or use a telephoto lens to show details usually not noticed or seen?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a way to achieve more dramatic lighting or would shooting in black\/white have\u00a0more impact?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to blur the background to make the subject stand out, or do you need that\u00a0background to establish location or other information?<\/li>\n<li>Can you move to a different position to avoid distracting background details?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any or all of these ideas can be used if it\u2019s not an action shot, but at the same time, setting the camera and choosing the lens make you more ready if any action does develop.<\/p>\n<p>Another help might be to study publications such as National Geographic\u2019s series of 10 books of <em>Stunning Photographs<\/em> on various subjects or <em>100 Photographs by the Editors of Time<\/em> to better understand what it takes to create a memorable photograph.\u00a0Get to clicking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you\u2019ll be at an awesome location or become part of a set of\u00a0circumstances that almost scream at you to capture the moment.\u00a0But\u00a0there\u00a0other times when it is difficult to decide what you will shoot.\u00a0 Most likely the viewer of that photograph won\u2019t be as impressed as you were with your choice. They weren\u2019t there to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameraclub"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 11:57:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}