Seminar, Session 2: Artistic Photo - Windows & Doors, Part 1

Saturday was a day of another photography seminar session!
You may see the previous one here in case you missed it.

In this session (unfortunately, I was 30 minutes late, so) I missed the introduction about light and how it is reflected - also what kind of different lenses there are. We will discuss this in more detail in the next session.

Shortly after I arrived, we started looking at some photographs sent by students. The first images we saw, were by a very talented artist, Mr Yiannis Tsigenis and they were used as example for us to understand certain techniques that we are supposed to understand.

One of the most important thing I remember from the course is the instructor words.

You need to know the rules. First you learn the rules, then you can bend or even eliminate them if you must.

So lets start with some images by Mr Yiannis and I can share with you some comments that you can keep in mind when taking images of your own.

This is a beautiful photography! Taken from the inside of a small chapel, all the small rocks are actually like lines pointing to the actual point of interest; the open door, blue skies and nature.

The only remark that was shared was that some part of the floor would be wanted, but it was such a small inside area that it was impossible to include it in the shot.

This is another correct shot, symmetrical and the main point of interest is the outside.

These photos were taken at 90%- which means that the photographer was exactly opposite to the subject (forming an angle of 90%)

This image is nice, but its perspective is not good. The distance from the door to the photo sides should be symmetrical.

Let me share an example with you

Normally these lines I have marked, should be equal, but here - due to the low place I was, they are not.

The professor wanted us to see this painting of door and windows and asked us what we thought about it.
Why it is so exquisite and why did he want us to pay attention to it;

The reason is the light! The photo is not only symmetrical with straight lines, but it is very luminous and we can see the inside details as we are supposed to.

The professor also told us that with mobile phones it can sometime be difficult to take photos with good perspective, and this is something I already have seen in some of my efforts.

To sum up, the photos of doors or windows are supposed to be symmetrical, shot from the right angle (could be 90 or 45 degrees or anything we believe has a nice result) - and to pay attention to not include irrelevant information in the photos.

I hope that you enjoyed todays session, next time I promise I will be there on time and share with you everything I learn!

Closing with a photo a few years back, one of my all time favorites!

Thanks for your support!

p.s. We mentioned that grid is very important when taking images so we said that we always need to keep it visible on our screens, even on mobile. Do you work with grids when you take photos;