Comments on: 4 Practice Techniques to Develop Photographic Observation http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: White Petal Wedding Photography http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-247047 White Petal Wedding Photography Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:13:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-247047 Sound advice, like this. I often find myself thinking 'camera' even when I don't have it with me. I suppose we should think of maybe using a camera phone as a stop gap measure and then if it works..... go back with your DSLR! Sound advice, like this. I often find myself thinking ‘camera’ even when I don’t have it with me. I suppose we should think of maybe using a camera phone as a stop gap measure and then if it works….. go back with your DSLR!

]]> By: Paolo Saway http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-245747 Paolo Saway Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:59:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-245747 Excellent! As a beginner in this wonderful world of photography, this will surely help me see the world. Thank you! Excellent! As a beginner in this wonderful world of photography, this will surely help me see the world. Thank you!

]]> By: Paulo http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-243229 Paulo Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:02:39 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-243229 Yeah,interesting photographic hints(exercises) . The kind of pratice that every photographer should do develope his art (but sometimes we/ I forget...because looking to do a great picture). About the portrait above I find it really beautiful (being at the same time simple). Evocative (with soul). Thank you for your article. Yeah,interesting photographic hints(exercises) . The kind of pratice that every photographer should do develope his art (but sometimes we/ I forget…because looking to do a great picture).
About the portrait above I find it really beautiful (being at the same time simple). Evocative (with soul). Thank you for your article.

]]> By: Khurram Malik http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-242543 Khurram Malik Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:04:04 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-242543 its as nice post. i found it very informative for beginners. after reading this article i found all these activities in me now a days, after starting photography and studying stuff like this my mind set is totally changed now. now i make frames the whole day either i have cam in my hand or not. i see the bill boards and other pics in magazines to learn and to find out the different ways or making frames and capturing different objects. Thanks for uploading these kind or articles my FB page link is given please watch n "like" if u like :) or comment in any way thanks its as nice post. i found it very informative for beginners. after reading this article i found all these activities in me now a days, after starting photography and studying stuff like this my mind set is totally changed now. now i make frames the whole day either i have cam in my hand or not. i see the bill boards and other pics in magazines to learn and to find out the different ways or making frames and capturing different objects. Thanks for uploading these kind or articles

my FB page link is given please watch n “like” if u like :) or comment in any way

thanks

]]> By: Lee Coppack http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-242397 Lee Coppack Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:26:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-242397 I've a little drawing and a little photography. Both are about learning to see. Endorse Terry's comment wholeheartedly. I’ve a little drawing and a little photography. Both are about learning to see. Endorse Terry’s comment wholeheartedly.

]]> By: Rob Wilson http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-242110 Rob Wilson Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:50:32 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-242110 My challenge is to turn my mind off. Seems everything I look at or see is through the prism of "would this make a photo? A great photo? A ho-hum photos? How would I shoot it?" Great shot of the Indian gal...the story behind it lines up perfectly with the photo. bingo!! My challenge is to turn my mind off. Seems everything I look at or see is through the prism of “would this make a photo? A great photo? A ho-hum photos? How would I shoot it?”

Great shot of the Indian gal…the story behind it lines up perfectly with the photo. bingo!!

]]> By: Nubia http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-242104 Nubia Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:34:47 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-242104 Very important information. One that all beginners and many advanced photographers need to hear, thanks. Preparation, visualization, walking and working the subject from different angles and perspectives are so essential and we forget it many times. Thanks for a reminder Very important information. One that all beginners and many advanced photographers need to hear, thanks.
Preparation, visualization, walking and working the subject from different angles and perspectives are so essential and we forget it many times. Thanks for a reminder

]]> By: Douglala http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-238620 Douglala Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:31:42 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-238620 Great article! I need to put all 4 steps into actual. I spend way to much time on the technical side of photography and not enough on the artistic side. Thanks a bunch. Great article! I need to put all 4 steps into actual. I spend way to much time on the technical side of photography and not enough on the artistic side. Thanks a bunch.

]]> By: Scott Webb http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-238247 Scott Webb Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:56:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-238247 This is a great article here. I also believe that a tool like the iPhone can now be a great observation tool. It's helped me to slow down and open up to what's around me. It then serves as reference for places or things I may want to explore more with a DSLR or other cameras and different times of day. Great point from Terryd on Drawing. Loved that comment! This is a great article here. I also believe that a tool like the iPhone can now be a great observation tool. It’s helped me to slow down and open up to what’s around me. It then serves as reference for places or things I may want to explore more with a DSLR or other cameras and different times of day.

Great point from Terryd on Drawing. Loved that comment!

]]> By: terryd http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-practice-techniques-to-develop-photographic-observation/comment-page-1#comment-238177 terryd Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:35:11 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/?p=11425#comment-238177 An excellent article with some good suggestions, but one of the best is missing. If you REALLY want to improve your observation skills, the absolutely best practice is drawing. If you've got time, take a course where you get the benefit of both students and teachers to learn from, but if you can't afford the time, get a copy of Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and work your way through that in your spare time. Even tracing from images you like will force you to observe more carefully as you place lines on the page. The most common reason most photographers don't take the time to draw is that, like me, they had bad teachers in school who absolutely KILLED the experience of drawing. Those of us with that experience believe we lack talent or that we're unable to draw or some such thing, but a very little time working in Edwards book will rapidly teach you that you don't lack the skill, you just aren't OBSERVING carefully enough. Successful drawing, above the level of stick men, is all about seeing what is REALLY there in front of you, not what you THINK is there. You must learn to observe in order to draw. Drawing creates a cycle where every drawing improves your observation by making it clear where you didn't really see. If you then feed that back into your next drawing, both your observation and your drawing improve. An excellent article with some good suggestions, but one of the best is missing. If you REALLY want to improve your observation skills, the absolutely best practice is drawing. If you’ve got time, take a course where you get the benefit of both students and teachers to learn from, but if you can’t afford the time, get a copy of Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and work your way through that in your spare time. Even tracing from images you like will force you to observe more carefully as you place lines on the page.

The most common reason most photographers don’t take the time to draw is that, like me, they had bad teachers in school who absolutely KILLED the experience of drawing. Those of us with that experience believe we lack talent or that we’re unable to draw or some such thing, but a very little time working in Edwards book will rapidly teach you that you don’t lack the skill, you just aren’t OBSERVING carefully enough.

Successful drawing, above the level of stick men, is all about seeing what is REALLY there in front of you, not what you THINK is there. You must learn to observe in order to draw. Drawing creates a cycle where every drawing improves your observation by making it clear where you didn’t really see. If you then feed that back into your next drawing, both your observation and your drawing improve.

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