I have shot photos for quite a number of years, and perhaps the
bus community is a place where I hear the most funny and
restricting protocols, really...
In photography as a general term, there should not be
too many rules to restrict how a photo should be shot, and
there are no hard and fast rules either. There may
be some tricks like 'rule of thirds' and so on, but they should be
only regarded as tricks and not how you should be governed to make
your pictures look nice.
I have tried to share with some folks around me to try these
tricks commonly used in commercial photography, but I feel being
shunned every time. Bus must be well lighted, bus must be in the
center. I even got flamed by god-knows-who about a Scania N113
being posed in the 'rule of thirds' with a battery powered rubbish
collector. What is the constant refusal in accepting new
ideas?
Maybe no one has seen my potential, maybe people do not know me
well. I feel sad again and again when these commercial tricks were
put to waste just because there was a trend set about how a bus
photo should be taken.
Then again, I am not the best. But experience
on the field is important. While you guys have shot bus photos
on the street for the past number of years, I have shot on
community levels all the way to international levels. Its only
recently that i have joined the bus theme, and its also recently
that i have left it... Retired for good until I can find what i
should shoot, instead of grabbing a thousand-dollar camera
just to shoot something on the streets and call myself a
'street-photographer' which any uncle or auntie can
do.
I have ever thought of the fields that I can head after this.
Studio? Macro? Or even a theme like capturing people at work in
different jobs on the society. Who knows...
Maybe I have reached the level of reckoning, that competition
with a fellow photographer is no longer of importance; we all have
our own styles. I cannot compete with another bus fan's style,
neither can I compete with other commercial photographers out
there, we are simply on different fields rather than
levels.
I welcome anyone to approach me to learn more about the
different ways that you can shoot a photo. To round up, share
something that was shot in the past...
There is a big problem here with most people which most people
don understand is that EVERYONE HAVE THEIR DIFF WAY AT LOOKING AT
PHOTO
From my point of view at photo of buses i will say mostly ALL
LIKS SHIT
there is 1 point i NEVER GET IT a photo of buses MUST BE A FULL BUS
IN THE PHOTO AND WITH DESTO VERY CLEAR. And still i WILL ask this
very qu. what is the main THINGS you want people to see. YES we all
know is buses BUT CAN I ASK DOES THE BUS HAVE DETAIL YES ALOT WHICH
PART YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SEE???? as i dare not say my photo are all
very good la
some ans i get is EVERY PART you want people to see
