January 2012
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December 2011
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“ Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a...”
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November 2011
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Holistic Guide To Photography - We are collectors
One thing amateur photographer always asks himself is Have I improved? That’s hard question to ask yourself. One good thing about photography is that you can track your skill improvement through your photos. But how are you going to do that, when you always shoot everything, everywhere? OK, some technical progress can be seen, but what about the thought process that goes into every...
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Holistic Guide To Photography - Waiting game
Many street photographers talk about decisive moment and a lot of beginners (amateurs) think that a photographer is always in the right place at the right time … he is, but sometimes for hours.
It happens every now and then that you are walking casual, something magical happens and you get the shoot. In order for this to happen, you must have your senses tuned up, cause you need...
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Street portraits - Technique
Ok, so we figured out the approach thing. If we get the approval, we need to focus on subjects expression and how we want to portrait the subject.
In order to do that we must leave all the technical details behind us. We can’t worry about depth of field (aperture setting), shooting mode, white balance or stuff like that. Of course there are times when you need to adjust on the spot but I...
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Street portraits - Approach
Wanted to start with techniques first, since they are 50% of your street portrait, but will leave it for the next part.
Negative answer (amateurs biggest fear) Wanted to get this out of the way first. It’s not a big deal. You can’t expect the everyone is in the mood of having their picture taken by a total stranger. Some don’t even like to be photographed. It’s a game of...
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Why do I shoot people?
As much as I love to present stories with my photos I love to hear stories from people I meet on my walks!
Having the ability to approach a total stranger, start a conversation and get to know them, even for a brief period of time … it’s priceless!
It’s a human relation thing. Lot’s of people think that interacting with your subjects will affect your photos and it...
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To crop or not to crop, the question is now?
Let me make it clear. If a crop will make your photo better in terms of effectiveness, you should do it!
I personally crop … a lot! Often they are small crops that allow me to position subjects more precise.
As with all things concerning photography, it’s better if you do it properly when taking a photo. What that means is that you need to try and frame as best as possible on the...
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Magnum In Motion online essays →
Beautiful stories, photos … truly amazing experience!
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Color or Black & White?
Talking about any specific rule in photography can be a double edged sword … because rules are not carved in stone.
I will write this as my own reflection and how I handle this issue when I face it.
When color works for me?
When photo is about colors - Nature, landscapes …
When colors don’t distract you from what photo is all about - I usually do B&W portraits but this was an...
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Why did I start doing photography?
You want short anwser? I can’t draw to save my life!
I always wanted to draw things. Even tried to sign up into a specialized art high school but I didn’t work out.
On the exam we were doing for sign up, one of the professors came to me, took a look at what I was drawing and asked me: Son, do you see properly? I kinda new then that drawing will not be my calling in life :)
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LIFE Magazine →
If there is one magazine photographers should be aware of … it’s LIFE!
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Holistic Guide To Photography - Idea
It’s really important to know what you want to shot. It is not necessary but walking out with some kind of idea in your head really helps a lot.
What it does is gives you a sens of accomplishment which is really important if you want to progress. You really don’t want to come home from shooting and feel like crap because you were all over the place, trying to photograph everything and...
“If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do...”
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Holistic Guide To Photography - Reason box
What is a Reason box?
When ever you want to share your photo or get someone to critique it, try to figure out how you feel about that particular photo. You need to form your own opinion about that photo, what you think are the strong points and what are the week ones. Reason box should obviously contain both.
Strong points: Moment, idea.
Weak points: Overexposed, composition.
Because...
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David Hobby @ TWiT Photo →
The Strobist himself is the tonight guest @ TWiT Photo so tune up for live show!
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Holistic Guide To Photography - Vision
The most important thing in photography is VISION!
Why is VISION that important?
Photo is just a consequence of you doing an automated process of pressing a shutter button. In order for a photo to make any sens you need to figure out in your head what do you want to take photo of, why do you want to take that particular photo and how are you going to present your VISION through that photo?
It...
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Lightning 101 →
If you are into off camera lightning there is only one place to begin. David Hobby created Strobist.com with in depth explanations on how to improve your off camera lightning.
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Welcome to The Holistic Photographer!
I’ll do this first post in Q&A fashion just so it could be more readable :)
Q: Who is The Holistic Photographer?
A: My name is Mihailo Radičević and I am a amateur photographer from Jagodina, Serbia. I have been shooting for almost 2 years and I felt like I should share things I have discovered on this pretty short journey. For some of you they will be pretty obvious, but for others...