Greetings, everyone; in today’s post, I will be posting a third blog post similar to the one before, updating you on my processes and procedures, what I learned, what my goal was, etc.
My Process and Procedures
My process now going into this project is to capture the beauty of the natural world through nature and landscape to portray to my viewers the true beauty that’s hidden in plain sight and is around us everywhere, but we are too distracted that we don’t seem to realize it. My procedures are to portray the beauty of the natural world. I’ve taken many close-up shots of trees, grass, flowers, animals, and anything else that hat nature to show the aspect of nature. But it’s not just plain old nature photographs, as you all may think.
What I’m trying to do is to precisely capture and bring out the details in patterns or textures of plants and animals in a way that my viewers can look at something they may have seen before but present it in a way that makes the image stand out too them in a way that goes beyond their view and makes them fascinated and what to see more of just what the natural world has to offer. With landscapes, my procedure is to go to fascinating or even regular locations and open my viewer’s eyes to the significant aspect of beauty a landscape can offer. However, I would love to go out and learn to take breathtaking photographs that can wow my viewers and open their eyes to the extensive range of beauty a landscape can instill. Lastly, I want my images to tell a story, to set a mood that can reveal the sense of different emotions within a landscape and nature, whether it’s sad, happy, calming, or whatever my viewers want to view it as. I want my images to portray what my viewers think and feel, not just what I, the photographer, feel.
What was my goal?
My goal in this was to take experiment shots of nature and landscapes to get some practice in and to better my skills in looking at elements in nature or landscapes and portray a creative picture through my mind, which can go into the minds of my viewers that make them feel joy and be fascinated towards the true hidden beauty of the natural world.
What was learned?
I learned from this that sometimes it’s best to be still and wait until you find the right opportunity to capture what you want. For example, in the image of the fish in the pond below, I had to wait until the perfect moment to get them to stick to the water’s surface to get a nice close-up shot of their faces. Plus, I just loved the variety of colors in the photograph, especially the precise details that pop out and bring the true beauty within the colors of the water and fish.
However, what didn’t work at first was trying to find the right angle to capture the fish in a way that appeared natural and exciting, so my first couple of shots of the fish weren’t the most pretty. But what I did to overcome this is I came up with an idea randomly to get down low and squat while very carefully sticking the camera through the gate and holding a tight grip while also keeping the camera far enough away from the water where it won’t get wet. But after patiently waiting, the fish were perfectly in sync and close enough to the water’s surface that I could capture this beautiful close-up shot of them.
Photo Specs:
ISO 3200
55.0 mm
F/5.6
1/20000sec
When and Where This Image Was Taken
This image was shot during my photography class around 10:44 pm. This image was taken in the middle of our school’s courtyard at our fishpond.