Rick Sammon – Exploring Digital Photography
Quotes of Rick Sammon:
"The main subject in every picture is the light"
"I always try to shoot tight because: The name of the game is to fill the frame"
"I always expose for the highlight"
Definition of a good picture: "If you capture the light and you have a good composition and a good subject you have a good picture"
"When you take a picture think about the end result. It’s part image capture and it’s part digital dark room work."
"I use a small F stop, and I’m focusing 1/3 in the scene."
"Just because you have an autofocus camera, it doesn’t mean the camera knows where to focus."
Rule to photographing people: "If the eyes aren’t well lid and not on focus you missed the shot"
"This is how I get a daylight filling flash picture: I set my camera on manual, I dial in the exposure for the existing lightning condition, turn on my flash and set the exposure compensation to -1 and 1/3. That’s where I start. If the picture is to bright, I’ll dial down the exposure a little bit."
"The only time I’m using manual is when I’m doing flash"
"I do the head shot, I do the head and shoulder shot, do the three quarter shot and do a full length shot and if I think it is important I go in for the details."
"Detail-shots really sell (as stock photos)"
"The background is just as important as the main subject."
…to be continued, bin erst mit Lesson 5 fertig.