How big is the gap between ordinary people and top photographers shooting the same scene?

In the same scene, most ordinary people see the scene first and then shoot what they see, photographers, especially photographers with high professional qualifications, often form the final effect in their minds according to the scene, and then decide the composition, **, technique, etc. according to the desired effect. Eventually, I think the gap will manifest itself in the following main ways.

1. What you see in a piece.

1. Composition. I feel that this gap is the most direct embodiment, or framing, because the composition directly determines the performance of the subject. I have seen too many finished films shot by ordinary people and photographers in the same scene, first of all, many of the ** taken by ordinary people are not up to par in composition, or a few ordinary people know the rules of composition, but they only follow the rules and lack guidance for the performance of the subject.

2. Light. The photographer knows what kind of light is good, what light is suitable for what subject, or has an accurate grasp of the light. And most ordinary people don't have this awareness.

3. Color. Photography is derived from fine arts, and the grasp of color is also reflected in the work. Photographers use pre-framing and post-retouching to eliminate distracting colors and enhance colors that are visually helpful.

4. Shadow tone. In order to highlight the subject or enhance the visual impression, the photographer often pays great attention to the expression of the tone of the work. The level of light and dark, the contrast between virtual and real, and the light and shade of hue will make the viewer feel the flow and change of light.

Second, the accumulation behind it.

1. Aesthetics. This is the professionalism behind the work. Although a work cannot fully reflect the aesthetics of an author, the more illusory concept of aesthetics can be presented in the work more intuitively.

2. Thoughts. This is also a comprehensive embodiment. Photography is like a painting, not just the light, shadow, and color expressed in the picture itself. The ideas it expresses are also what a photographic work can bring to the viewer.

Ordinary people and top photographers shoot the same scene, the gap is still a bit big, first of all, to be a top photographer, he has a much higher theoretical knowledge of photography than ordinary people, whether it is in the composition of light and shadow injury or the real scene of the image scene, etc., are not possessed by ordinary people. The same scene filmed has depth, connotation, and artistry.

Although ordinary people also know a little bit about composition, backlight, side light or macro shooting, after all, there is no theoretical knowledge, and there is still a big difference between amateur and professional.

Top photographers have a strong aesthetic foundation and are proficient in composition and color.

Very familiar with the history of the development of photographic technology. Understand the significance of photography to labor and artistic life, what kind of photographic works can catch people's eyes, and what kind of photographic works are meaningful and intriguing.

Top photographers have a thorough understanding of light and shadow, hue, color saturation, chromatic aberration, white balance, dark balance, bokeh, shadows, etc., and are good at using light. Know how to instruct your subjects to pose for an aesthetically pleasing scene. Natural movement posture to get the ideal light and shadow effect.

Therefore, the difference between ordinary people and top photographers shooting the same scene is not a little bit.

There are many cases of photographers and ordinary people shooting the same scene, and if you are interested, you can look for it on the Internet. Through the above sets of cases, we can see that photographers and ordinary people shoot the same scene, and there are very big differences in composition, lighting, post-production, etc. So why is there such a big difference?

1. Preliminary preparation.

If a professional photographer goes out to take pictures, there is a lot of preparation to be done in the early stage, such as: weather, climate, route, strategy, etc., which requires a lot of preparation in the early stage.

For example, some time ago, I went to the Northeast Forest with some photographers to shoot rime, and I almost prepared for more than a month in the early stage, including location selection, weather conditions, routes, equipment preparation, warmth measures, etc. It's pretty simple, but if you're going out to shoot a landscape theme, it may take longer to prepare.

And most ordinary photography enthusiasts basically follow fate and don't do any preliminary preparations. When you get to the photo spot, you start shooting, and whether you can shoot it in the end depends on fate. 2. Shooting time.

For most professional photographers, even if you do a lot of preparation in advance, there is no guarantee that you will be able to shoot when you arrive. Sometimes if the sky is not beautiful, you can't shoot. What should I do if I can't shoot? I can only wait, and then shoot when it gets better.

In addition, many photographers will spend a lot of time shooting a good scene, repeatedly recomposing, reusing different lights, and using different techniques to shoot until they are satisfied.

It's not uncommon to wait for three or five days or ten days at the filming location. However, now that the Internet is developed, it is much better, because many photographers will share their experience and experience, so that people who have never been there will avoid detours.

Most photography enthusiasts are not so patient, and when they get to the shooting location, they can shoot when they can, and leave if they can't.

I'll answer this question.

Before answering the question, I only had one thing to figure out, why do many people want to put their own pictures?

It turns out that this question can become a top photographer!

OK, the spit is over, officially.

How big is the gap between ordinary people and top photographers shooting the same scene?

The variables are people, and the constants are the same scene.

It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish, open Google Earth, open the photo layer, let's choose a location, for example, Yosemite.

Click on the icon of **, and you can see the pictures taken by various people. Take waterfalls, for example.

This is estimated to be a tourist, after entering the gate of the scenic spot, wow, I saw a big rag hanging on the mountain, took out my mobile phone and clicked on it, and I didn't think about anything.

This tourist was a little more attentive than the previous one, and after thinking about it, the composition from the side should be able to reflect the magnificence of the waterfall and the mountain, which can be slightly better.

This is even more rare, first of all, in order to find a good position, at least you have to climb the mountain, wait for the sunset to shine on the waterfall, press the shutter, obviously put a lot of thought.

It can be seen that in the same scene, if the creators have poured different efforts, the gap is quite large, and there are the following reasons that can cause these gaps.

Motivation for shooting: travel records, or business, or for art?

Equipment: mobile phone, SLR, large format.

Composition. Occasion.

Skill. However, the real top photographers have captured beautiful places like Ansel Adams, and waterfalls are the example.

On the technical side, the regional system was created

Because the master said such a sentence.

The documentary function of photography is completely abandoned, and photography becomes a purely technical operation, used as a tool for the expression of beauty".

And the master himself joined the Mountain Club at the age of 17, Adams.

In 1927, on the half-top of Yosemite, he discovered for the first time that it was possible to photograph at that height, in his original words: "...A cold and fiery poem of truth". Since then, he has become an environmentalist, and his photographs depict untouched nature.

The prestige of the Mountain Club has also increased.

So, how different is what the average person shoots from the top photographers?

**The difference itself is nothing more than the difference in framing, composition, light and shadow, color, shooting methods, processing methods, and techniques can be learned.

However, in addition to the ** itself, the pixel itself, the real difference is outside the image, and this difference may not be surmountable in a lifetime.

There may be no difference between an average person and a top photographer shooting the same scene, or there may be a huge difference.

The root cause of this phenomenon lies in two factors:

1. The characteristics of the scene itself.

2. Personal photography skills.

In terms of the characteristics of the scene itself, there are the following situations:

1, ordinary scenes, whoever shoots it is almost the same.

This kind of scene is not necessarily pretty, but the state of the scenery itself is very different. ......From a photographic point of view, this kind of scene is very ordinary, and there are no highlights to speak of.

Therefore, no matter who shoots this kind of scene, the result is almost ......

2. Personal photography skills.

A person with excellent photography skills has the ability to shoot more perfectly**.

However, due to the lack of photographic knowledge, people with weak abilities cannot shoot high-quality works even in the face of wonderful scenery.

Specifically, in this aspect, the gap between ordinary people and top photography masters is reflected in the following aspects:

1. Framing ability.

2. Composition ability.

3. The ability to use light.

Of these three abilities, the latter two, that is, the ability to compose and the ability to use light, play a crucial role in what you can shoot.

Specifically, these gaps are reflected in the following aspects:

1. Weak composition ability.

Whether a photographic work is good or not, the composition is a prerequisite. ......Top photographers know how to lay out the plot and shoot the whole image beautifully. ......This is one of the many abilities that a top photographer needs to have to shoot.

2. The use of light will be affected.

The use of light is to maintain the right amount of light through the right shooting parameters, so that you can shoot wonderful photos.

For these settings, aperture, shutter, sensitivity, focus, metering, etc., are the key factors for photographers to capture great results.

Therefore, the top photographers shoot the best settings reasonably, the light is clever, and each one is a very exquisite optical photography masterpiece.

In fact, in terms of photography skills, there is not much gap between ordinary photographers and photography masters.

Because everyone uses the camera in different ways, the biggest gap between the two is in the ability to think and eyes, to give you a very simple example, sometimes we will inevitably encounter this situation, see a ** feel particularly comfortable, feel this ** in a point that impresses you, but sometimes can not point out.

Let's see the difference:

Professional photographers often have a special ability, that is, they shoot out of the **, at least not to mention the arrangement and combination of elements, not to mention the quality of the composition, just looking at it is particularly comfortable, usually we also call this visual balance, professional photographers can balance the relationship between different elements well, they will use not unique composition skills to make the conflicting elements peaceful, and even sometimes can play a 1+1>2 effect.

Ordinary photography generally specifies the person who travels, photography is not his main purpose, but the ancillary product of tourism, and many tourists are limited by time, at a specific time, through a specific location, the shooting angle is mostly a classic position, a classic perspective, and a standard photo of the scenery of the circle of friends.

Professional photography, I don't think it necessarily refers to professional photographers, but also photography enthusiasts, a group of people who take the best they shoot as works, and people who have their own requirements and understanding of the quality.

A top photographer is a group of people who like to tell a story with **. Their ** is always saying something, and they want ** to resonate with the viewer.

A good photographer should be able to talk to the facts, touch the hearts of the audience, and make them completely different after watching **. In a word, to be impressive.

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For example, ordinary people don't understand composition, don't understand the concept of taking pictures, and don't understand post-production. Ordinary people will only think that the scenery looks good when they take pictures, and they take a picture of it when they look at the beauty. Unlike professional photographers, professional photographers need to consider a lot of things when they pick up a camera, and if the timing of the shooting is not right, the photographer will not pick up the camera to shoot.

As far as my personal understanding is that if the photographer must care about the layout, it is possible that a person is not highlighted in a **, but ordinary people generally like to take people as the main thing and ignore the scene.

That's definitely big, and the top photographers will highlight every point and highlight the weakened ones, and they are very good at finding angles. Ordinary people will only shoot flat, and the effect will definitely be different.

In general, the gap is not too big, but in detail, the different qualifications of their details are definitely different.

1. The familiarity with the shooting equipment is different

One of the differences between photographers and ordinary people is that they are not familiar with the shooting equipment.

Shooting equipment is our shooting tool, most people will simply press the shutter, which is undoubtedly a huge waste of equipment, especially the equipment party that is taken by the business to deviate from the rhythm, can really give full play to the high-end equipment in their hands?

Photographers and photography enthusiasts will be very familiar with the shooting equipment, and the camera parameters can be set according to the shooting needs, which can not only control the best amount, but also control the shooting effect.

2. The basic skills of photography are different

Most people take pictures because the scenery and people they see are ornamental, so they pick up their phones or cameras to take pictures, but if you want to better record the scenery you see, you can't just press the shutter button.

Photographers will consider the issue of depth of field, and if they want to record the beautiful scenery more clearly, they will choose a large depth of field, such as choosing a wide-angle end to shoot, shrinking the aperture, etc.; If you want to highlight a certain shining point, consider using a shallow depth of field to blur the background and highlight the shining point.

3. There is a gap in the understanding of composition and the "trade-off" of picture elements

As the second point says, most people want to record what they see when they see beautiful things, but they haven't thought about how to match the subject, companion and background in **; How to avoid the distraction of cluttered elements, etc.

Photographers need to define the boundaries of ** by moving back and forth or adjusting the focal length, and try to get rid of cluttered backgrounds and irrelevant elements; Then, according to the geometric lines, such as roads, rivers, bridges, railings, or other linear objects, the viewer's gaze is guided, or the main body is framed with the help of a frame to achieve the purpose of highlighting the subject; At the same time, with the help of a shallow depth of field to simplify the shooting background, so that the overall is simple and the subject is prominent.

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