Wedding Photographers - The Philosophy of Modern Photography Mastery

Wedding Photography is an appealing profession or leisure pursuit for many people in that it combines art with science. To be an awesome photographer though, a healthy dose of creativity artistry is only half the battle won, but to truly be able to break three dimensional realities into the realms of just two dimensions, uniquely and brilliantly, requires any photographer to have a profound understanding of science as well as art — the science which deals with light and the reflection and refraction thereof — and a science which captures light into small a black box more commonly known as a camera.

In this article, we’ll briefly explore why the two key elements of advanced photography, art and science are enigmatically linked. Science tells us that to be creative we need to use the right side of our brain, and to think cognitively we need to employ the left side of the brain for all logical reasoning. Surprisingly though, the logical side of our mind is also responsible for seeing color! Now to my mind therein lies the paradox, a hurdle we’ll need to intrinsically overcome before we’re ever going to take breath taking photographs. Luckily it is not as hard as it may seem. To aid us, I see the mind as having three parts to it, a sub conscious part and conscious part broken into two halves, a left and a right half.

We need to get the parts of the mind functioning together to be able to take brilliant photographs. Firstly, you’ll need to imprint onto your subconscious mind, a comprehensively taught understanding of all the workings of your preferred digital SLR, as well as the native properties of the stuff the sun gives off, light. Once you know this better than your own name, grab your camera, look through the viewfinder and contemplate the following two points.

Use the left side of the brain to be become aware of the color, quantity and type of light coming into your camera to habitually set your dials naturally, then use your creative right half to compose the shot. Composition is done through feeling, and never through text book notes. Imagine yourself viewing your own photos in one thousand years time — this alone should guide you to imprison the most unique, timeless and awe inspiring composition into the confines of your black box. Remember, a logical composition will get you nowhere, but a composition which probes at the souls of your subjects, will get you long lasting admiration and a wedding shoot to be remembered eternally.

Conrad Strehlau is a photographer who uses the energy of the universe to photograph amazing details and events. Check out http://www.wedding4africa.co.za/ for photography of another realm.