Both of these images were shot this summer on my cellphone, using an app called Hipstamatic. Both were shots I didn’t plan out. I knew that they would make good subjects for pictures. And I definitely had to wait for the right moment, but it wasn’t that easy. I took several shots of each subject. I chose the one that had the strongest emotional impact on me. For both images I used the rule of thirds composition technique and both images have relationships between the foreground and the background.
The small moments captured in the photos above represent just one snapshot of time frozen with a picture. That’s what a picture can do, perfectly capture a moment. There is theater alround us at all time. It only takes an observant person to notice these moments.
If you don’t have access to younger siblings or cousins, or what not. Try the clouds, try a pet. Try the way the light hits the side of a house, or an open window on a summer afternoon. There are decisive moments both small and large happening all the time. All it takes is an observant person to capture them.
Step 1:
Shoot around 10 photos of various subjects.
Step 2:
Bring in the photos to class.
Step 3: Load the images into Lightroom.
Step 4: Edit the photos to enhance the decisive moment factor of your photos.
Step 5: Rate the photos from one to five stars.
Step 6: Upload the top three images to your visual journal.
Turn in these three into Google Classroom as .jpegs.
Strong Photography 19-20 