Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>What I am finally most interested in is the interaction of the image and >>our emotions. Specifically, how can the photographer or painter maximize >>the impact of his images? There is an old saying in photography that is very important when shooting for Impact: "Less is More". The less info you put in an image the more it will impact a viewer. Just think of the images that you remember and I am willing to bet they all are very simple images. Eddie Adams shots of Nadia Komenechi at the Olympics, The Vietnam photo, Einstadats VJ day pix, and many others. (I know must have misspelled several names here.) Too often people get caught up in using wide angel lenses when a short, or sometimes even a long telephoto would serve their purposes much better. A telephoto really cleans up the background allowing your subject to snap out of the photo. Get a simple clean photo with nice light, mood, and, most importantly, emotion and you will have an image with impact. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto