{"id":158286,"date":"2019-07-25T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=158286"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:11:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T00:11:42","slug":"what-is-the-secret-or-the-key-of-making-great-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/25\/what-is-the-secret-or-the-key-of-making-great-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Secret of Making Great Photographs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Practical ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Awe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First and foremost, it seems that a great photograph provokes a sense of awe. Awe as your mouth being agape (open), and amazed by the epicness of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny enough the etymology of the word ‘awe<\/a>‘ actually comes from fear (Proto-Germanic word, ‘agaz<\/a>‘)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact sheet. Note how viewing all the photos as small thumbnails best helps identify the best photograph in bottom-left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For example in the above photo– it provokes a sense of awe in me because of the epic lights in the top-left corner, the elegance of the curves in the top-right corner, the silhouette of Cindy’s face, and the overall scale of the photograph (shot with 21mm<\/a> adapter on RICOH GR III<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note how you can easily judge a composition as a small thumb nail quicker than seeing it all full-screen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, monochrome seems to work better to evoke a sense of mystery\/awe in a photograph, because we don’t see the world in monochrome. Perhaps this means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability of a photograph to awe the viewer is based on how divorced it is from reality (we don’t see the world in monochrome).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In other words, photographs that DON’T look like reality are more impressive or awe-inspiring<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n