Intro to CG IIExtending the Moment

Decisive to Extended Moment

• In Photo 1, week 1, you learned about the DM (Henri Cartier Bresson a.k.a. The Decisive Moment).– You have learned how to pull

the trigger such as basic camera operation and composition.

• Many pictures may truly exist for only a fraction of a second in time time, rarely, if ever, to be repeated.

• I may be able to recreate a scene, but it is usually impossible to get the same shot again.

Controlled Shots• Many shots will have a highly controlled setup…and COULD be redone. MAYBE

even improved. But it is unlikely that you will.

Controlled shots in the field

• Even though it is a scene that was there yesterday and will most likely be there tomorrow, there are so many variables that make it just so because of exactly when you were there.

• What are some variables that might occur for a shot like this?

• Lighting (what time of day did you get there)• vegetation (what time of season)• water flow (very seasonal…high water during the spring, minimal

during the summer, could turn to ice in the winter), • trees fall into the landscape during the winter• people wandering through your picture• camera equipment changes (i.e. better camera, better lenses)

Photo II

• Let’s Look at What Makes a Winning Photograph