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ne of the many put-downs
that I hear about both digital
and, especially, mobile
photography is that people just
snap away at a subject and take so many
pictures that one of them must be OK.
These people often talk about the lack of
discipline that digital has brought about.
You know, the ‘throw enough mud at
the wall and some of it is bound to stick’
theory of photography.
I disagree. For me, one of the most
important pieces of advice I can give to
any photographer is simply to slow down.
Take a bit more time, think about your
subject more and your pictures will get
better. Believe me, it works.
Well, one of the ways I now use to slow
myself down when using my mobile as a
camera is actually to take more pictures.
In fact, it’s become a discipline.We see something that takes our eye,
whip out the smartphone and take a
picture. Have a quick look at the screen,
and then we’re on our way. Well, hold your
horses, amigo. Are you sure? Absolutely
certain that it’s OK? That it’s a good
picture? And, even more importantly, areyou absolutely sure that it couldn’t be
better? That you, by snapping away a little
bit more, couldn’t make it better?
Exactly. Keep reviewing your pictures.
Keep looking at them, keep thinking about
them. Remember that one of the huge
advantages of digital photography is that
there are no film and processing costs to
hold you back, so make sure that you’ve
done as well as you can with every image
that you take.
There’s nothing wrong with this, and
don’t let anyone tell you there is. Would I
have behaved like this when I was shooting
with film? Of course not. It would have
cost me a fortune. But times change, and
different ways of working come about with
each new development in photography.
It should be our job as photographers
to embrace these changes and make
them work for us...TECHNIQUE
timclinchphotography.comTurning the old adage, less is more, on its head, Tim Clinch advocates
shooting and shooting – until you get the perfect image. It’s all a question
of pushing yourself to get what you want from your photography.THE SMART GUIDE
TO PHOTOGRAPHY
As I’ve spoken about in the main text,
in order to make the most of our images
one thing that I always encourage
people to do is to shoot both horizontally
and vertically. It’s amazing how few
people use this simple discipline. Just by
turning your camera 90 degrees you can
change everything. A landscape doesn’t
have to be horizontal just as a portrait
doesn’t have to be vertical.
Shake things up...TOP TIP
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