Comments on: The Big Picture http://blog.9minutesnooze.com/the-big-picture/ Photography, Tech, and more Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Aaron Brown http://blog.9minutesnooze.com/the-big-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Aaron Brown Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:08:00 +0000 http://blog.9minutesnooze.com/?p=5#comment-6 You certainly can't take a picture of something if nothing is happening, but what makes these shots stand out is that the photographer was able to identify a moment in time, isolate it, frame it, and capture it in an indescribable way. Take that pictures of the little girl with all the people dressed in white bowing around her. The photographer (Sigit Pamungkas, I believe) saw that little girl standing still with all that movement around her...framed the shot so it was a red dress amongst a sea of white...and used a slow enough shutter speed to blur the movement while keeping the girl clear and sharp. What makes these photographers special is that they are able to find moments, before they happen, so that they are ready to capture it when it finally does.<br/><br/>Some photojournalism might be a simple case of "being there," but to really capture a moment and convey it to the viewer takes an incredible eye. You certainly can’t take a picture of something if nothing is happening, but what makes these shots stand out is that the photographer was able to identify a moment in time, isolate it, frame it, and capture it in an indescribable way. Take that pictures of the little girl with all the people dressed in white bowing around her. The photographer (Sigit Pamungkas, I believe) saw that little girl standing still with all that movement around her…framed the shot so it was a red dress amongst a sea of white…and used a slow enough shutter speed to blur the movement while keeping the girl clear and sharp. What makes these photographers special is that they are able to find moments, before they happen, so that they are ready to capture it when it finally does.

Some photojournalism might be a simple case of “being there,” but to really capture a moment and convey it to the viewer takes an incredible eye.

]]> By: AC http://blog.9minutesnooze.com/the-big-picture/comment-page-1/#comment-5 AC Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://blog.9minutesnooze.com/?p=5#comment-5 Don't you think a lot of it, almost all of it, is luck? Don’t you think a lot of it, almost all of it, is luck?

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