What do you think about when you take a picture?

[Leam]

Hi everybody,

I'm doing an art project about photographers. I'm actually more into drawing, that's why I'm new on the forum
I was wondering if you guys have something special you think about when you press the shutter realease?
Some kind of sentence like for example : "It's going to be a great picture", "The light is great", "this kid is growing to fast"...
Or do you visualise the picture you're trying to take?
Even if it's changing everytime, if you could share some thoughts it would be very helpful for my project.
I hope it's clear, but if not, don't hesitate if you have questions

Lea

 

[joealcantar]

Most of us do not need a camera to take a picture. Part of everyday life really, we walk around doing our daily rituals and see the images take place in front of us. Subject in the right light, right expression or one of those things you may never see again and wish you had been ready for the image. Basically "there it is" comes to mind when you see the shot in the viewfinder.
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Shoot well, Joe

 

[ann]

Checking my edges, visualization of the final print and always what is the meter advising and how will i adjust.

That is with a camera, on the other hand I like Joe am always "looking", friends have told me they can tell when the shutter is firing in my brain.

 

[chaosrealm93]

i try to frame it properly, maybe leave some extra space so i have some freedom to post-process later. angle of the shot is also very important

 

[sandraadamson]

I too am alot like Joe all day long I am watching for that amazing shot, watching everything. But when I am in that immediate moment just about to hit the shutter release I am usually looking at what's in the background and if it's pleasing to my eye.

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[BlairWright]

Before I depress the shutter it's just a question of framing. I worry about the technical aspects before I get to that point.

 

[Overread]

"Don't Move!"

Generally for wildlife or macro that is what's going through my mind just before I take a shot - and might refer to the creature itself or even just the wind (macro). It's always a pain when you line up the shot - check the edges, compose, focus, check settings, go to click and wooooooosh! The subject changes its position or vanishes from the viewfinder altogether.

 

[gsgary]

If i'm out in the hills i'm looking for my dog in the shot or my partner walking into the shot and she get a bollocking if she does

 

[c.cloudwalker]

"Don't Move!"

Yes, I can easily imagine you thinking that



This is an interesting question with many possible answers so that I don't know if you'll get what you're looking for. Most of what I do today is so static I don't need think about anything moving. Everything is so set up that by the time we click the shutter, anyone could be pressing the button. So there really are no thoughts coming into mind at the moment of.

But, for your enjoyment, here are a few thoughts that have crossed my mind when shooting:

"Man, I'm fooking great"

"Is it the end of the day yet?" (that was on wedding jobs)

"Come on *****, spread them" (j/k)

"Have I shot enough to make sure the lab gets me one good one back?" (after 10 rolls of Kodachrome)

"Man, this person is ugly!"


What you think about when shooting is so tied to what you are shooting, your frame of mind that day, etc, etc, that it could be anything and everything.

 

[KenC]

sex, drugs and rock & roll

 

[Buckster]

I'm usually thinking about composition at the moment I press the shutter button. Subject, background, leading lines, juxtaposition, rule of thirds, balance, horizon line, tilt, perspective, edge of frame, etc.

By the time I get to that point, I've already decided on ISO, shutter speed and aperture for the composition to come, and have seen in my mind the colors of the filters I'll use later in processing (used to use them in front of the lens in the old days so I made those decisions while setting up the shot, and I still pre-visualize color that way in my mind).

Other times, all I'm thinking about is trying to capture a moment before it's too late.

 

[Derrel]

"Don't Move!"

Yes, I can easily imagine you thinking that



This is an interesting question with many possible answers so that I don't know if you'll get what you're looking for. Most of what I do today is so static I don't need think about anything moving. Everything is so set up that by the time we click the shutter, anyone could be pressing the button. So there really are no thoughts coming into mind at the moment of.

But, for your enjoyment, here are a few thoughts that have crossed my mind when shooting:

"Man, I'm fooking great"

"Is it the end of the day yet?" (that was on wedding jobs)

"Come on *****, spread them" (j/k)

"Have I shot enough to make sure the lab gets me one good one back?" (after 10 rolls of Kodachrome)

"Man, this person is ugly!"


What you think about when shooting is so tied to what you are shooting, your frame of mind that day, etc, etc, that it could be anything and everything.

POST OF THE DAY!!!!!!! Good stuff, man, good stuff!

 

[ISO]

I just look away, hold the shutter release button on continuous mode and hope to get something good.

Joking, I don't think of much, unless it's action sports, I wish I got the right moment.

 

[d25ryuta]

I don't usually think anything when I take photo. I don't care how the angle of view is going to be. But a lot of things pay attention to me and make me shoot them. After shooting , I check my photos and find it good or bad then, I decide what photo should be edited. If I take photos for a job, I do anything what Client says but, when I go out take photo by myself, I don't usually think anything.

 

[mishele]

Hmmmm.....

I'm kinda my own cheerleader in my head at times.....lol
"That's it....right there"
"Nope....this isn't it"

I yell at the elements a lot too...
"Where's the sun!!!" lol
"Please no wind...please no wind"

I would like to say that I hear Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca Allegretto while shooting but my mind is going a mile a minute figuring out the next shot.
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