Take pictures,If you simply press the shutter without thinking, your photos are destined to be the same and boring.
Those photos with unique perspectives often give people a refreshing feeling. They don't come out of thin air, but are a kind of thinking for creators to observe things and explore images.
Like a photographer from HollandSarah van RijShe is famous for her street documentary and has a pair of "discerning eyes". Her works are very personal and cannot be copied
So what special shooting spots does she have that we can learn from?
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Snooping Perspective: Discovering the "Story of a Hidden Corner"
The unique picture composition and special shooting angle are impressive and unforgettable.Sarah van RijStreet documentary works have such charm.
She often wanders in Paris and Amsterdam, keen to observe details that people often overlook.
When capturing street scenes, her biggest shooting highlights are:Take advantage of the foreground in various scenes to create a peeping perspective with clever depth of field.
In her eyes, whatever you can think of and find can be used as a shooting prospect.
For example, common street doors, windows, walls, and fences are all things that you can see. Occasionally, a brainwave becomes an important composition element in street photography.
Sometimes, a dramatic picture may be playing out in those corners that you haven't noticed.With the teapot as the foreground, the uncle in the handle happens to be drinking tea ~
Coincidence in the window: On either side of the wall, two strangers are looking at their mobile phones...
Even human beings themselves are unique elements that create interesting perspectives. InSarah van RijWe can also see this type of works in the lens.
Walking on the streets of the city, she is always full of curiosity about the people and things around her, observing the behavior and posture of pedestrians, looking for shooting opportunities and conceiving shooting pictures.
She also often blends the obstructions in the scene with women in high heels, and takes mysterious and imaginative close-ups of legs.
So, you will find that her work is like peering into the secret behavior of human beings on the streets.
She once described it this way:"I think capturing humans in this way creates a more mysterious and poetic feel rather than being straightforward."
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Capturing Light and Shadow: A Game of Creating Shadows
Light and shadow, the special existence in space and the unmeasurable changes, are fascinating, and they are also a major element that easily forms a unique perspective. Photographers who like light hunting often include it in the lens.
Such asSarah van Rij, she pays attention to the light and shadow of the city street scene, and every lens captures it, likeA game of looking for shadows, real and unreal interact and coexist。
Wonderful framing angle, people's parts and shadows enter the mirror together, and the picture has a strong sense of mysterious atmosphere, which is thought-provoking.
Interestingly, these captured lights and shadows do not randomly enter the picture, passing throughSarah van RijThey are more like important characters in every story, integrated with the scene, with a certain degree of interaction, and together they tell interesting stories about the light and shadow on the streets of the city.
In the black and white light and shadow photos, she pays more attention to the shape of the shadow itself, and through some misplaced perspectives, it seamlessly connects to further enlarge the interest of the picture.
Therefore, you will find that she uses her own unique lens language to convey the interpretation of light and shadow images.
As a veteran movie fan,Sarah van RijSome of her photography creation inspiration also comes from the movies she has seen.
She has a crushHitchcock's World of Light and Shadow, which had a great influence on her photography creation. In her works, we seem to be able to find a trace.
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Recording the rain scene: creating a poetic and mysterious atmosphere
Regarding the unique perspective, the shooting of rainy scenes also has a unique flavor.
Wet roads, glass windows wet by rain, or easily form reflective visual effects, or produce hazy atmosphere.
In these special scenes, there will naturally be some special shooting angles. InSarah van RijIn the street rain photos, we can also feel thatUnique、PoeticWithmystery。
Those puddles in the corners of the street hide another "parallel world". Capturing the reflections of pedestrians can transform this peculiar scene in a different space into a mysterious rainy image.
As long as you observe carefully enough, there are constant surprises on the streets in rainy days, and you can also take unexpected pictures when you look down.
And those unknown rainy stories always happen on the glass windows of shops and cars. Maybe just when you look back out of the window, it miraculously appears.
Sarah van RijIt is her most common shooting technique to observe the changes of street scene through the window perspective, and take the glass window covered with rain as the shooting foreground.
Sometimes, in order to get a better color scheme of the picture and strengthen the visual interest points of the picture, she will wait for the best shooting time, for example, waiting for pedestrians with red umbrellas to pass by, and then freezing this quiet and romantic moment.
Therefore, when you want to make a breakthrough in taking pictures, you must know how to observe the surrounding environment, find those unique perspectives, and inspire your creative inspiration.
Before pressing the shutter, you should think and try to build the picture you want in your mind. This will improve the output rate of photos to a certain extent, and the possibility of taking satisfactory photos will increase accordingly.
