Resonance Photography

8 03 2010

I always knew what I lacked in photography. Back then when I was just starting to shoot weddings, it was the pose during portraiture, the lighting and sometimes due to the confusion and tension–the settings in my camera! ROFL Just imagine the photos back then…

I guess its true what they say…no mountain too high… for I surpassed them all. Ok ok, so I lied. A little bit. Ok, huge, bigtime. I confess, I am clueless when it comes to post processing when compared to my peers!! I always wanted to learn, but as usual, I did not have the luxury of time, after all, I still had my “regular work”. I would rather shoot with all the lights set properly than to correct them in the PC for hours which to me seems like an eternity, seriously.

I always admired the vibrant colors in other photographers work that brings their photos to life. Sometimes it is the lack of color that imbues their photo its classic look, almost like warping us back in time. I remember there was a time when textures became such a big hit & I saw what post processing is all about — communicating emotion…but I had no idea how it was done!! argh

All this time I felt like cheating myself whenever I would need to correct my photos, I sort of became like a purist — the key phrase is sort of, hence I added a couple of flash units and tried to learn lighting, strobist style. I did manage to master the basics & a few advanced tricks. Sometimes I come up with really surprising results too [I get surprised too--I did not know I can do it! sweet]. This lighting stuff however takes its toll in the form of missed moments while I am setting up my lights and all.

I admire, no I envy other photographers for their skill in post processing. I had to read a lot of online materials to learn about the different techniques to come up with various effects. I came to read on duo, tri, and quad toning, sepia, hdr, dave hill effect, and a lot of other stuff…in the end since I did not keep a notebook while learning the different processes and due to the fact that I took about a month to go back to post processing, that I end up forgetting the previous technique!! darn. Then came Lightroom. Now, I can do some decent post processing without having to lose my mind in the process.

We all learn something new every now and then, I did, but it took me sometime to understand and put together the basics to finally wrap my head around the holistic idea for my photography. For me, at the end of the day it is not what equipment you use, nor the type of light you trigger, or the texture or technique you apply for post processing that matters; right now what matters most is to express and make others feel the moment as I did when I took the photograph…that is RESONANCE PHOTOGRAPHY.

Im Kix.

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