Amateur Vs. Pro: How Differently The Same ‘Ugly’ Location Looks When Pro Photographer Shoots It
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Award-winning art photographer Vijce is back with fresh inspiration, though it’s not exactly the colourful work you may be used to from him. This time, the German camera pro used a gloomy train station staircase as his main subject, but the beauty he brought to the’ugly’ location is something we can all learn from.
“To be honest, I’ve captured my favorite street photos in the ugliest of all places,” Vijce wrote in his recent PetaPixel feature. “Sure, it’s a bit more challenging to find the extraordinary in the ordinary… but isn’t that what street photography is all about?” Indeed, he somehow manages to capture the industrial grit of the station in a softer, more ‘human’ light, an effect he insists can be achieved in any place a photographer has available to them.
If you simply observe any length of scenery for a while, no matter how depressing it may seem at first, you’ll notice things that other passing by don’t see. You’ll notice people that you would otherwise ignore. Vijce writes that this is the key to finding unique shots in any situation, as well as experimenting with perspective by laying down, walking around, and looking up.
Check out the surprisingly powerful photos below, as well as a special video at the end.
(h/t: PetaPixel)
To the average photographer, this train station staircase would probably look gloomy or ‘ugly’
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vicje
Award-winning photographer Vijce, however, saw a world of possibilities in the unusual location
Image credits: Vicje
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vijce
All a photographer must do is spend time observing the location, then play with perspective
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vijce
What was once a depressing industrial atmosphere now appears more ‘human’ and ‘alive’
Image credits: Vijce
Image credits: Vijce
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I think this is the most accurate photography article I've seen on panda so far. "All a photographer must do is spend time observing the location, then play with perspective"
Actually, you can probably sum it up as: if you are a good photographer, you put attention to detail. Which is not entirely surprising...
Lol the spammer that forgets their spam line in the spam. Hollie Holloway this person seems ... Hollow. You failed Hollow Hollie.
Thank you, I fully agree!! I scrolled down to the comments half expecting that infuriating, ever present "so basically, Photoshop" reaction that always drives me nuts on this kind of posts
I just got paid $6784 working off my laptop this month. And if you think that’s cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $9k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people have to work for so much less. This is what I do.....http://cutt.us/gmNlL
There seems to be a lot of "you suck at taking photos, average person" posts on BP lately.
Mmmm the wording of the title is tricky isn't it? I don't like the 'ordinary person' vs XYZ profession article titles. Maybe a more accurate one on this would be 'those that have an eye for a good photo and those who don't', after all plenty of people who aren't professional photographers can take excellent photos because they have an eye for a good image / composition. But I suppose it needs to be a snappy article title so 'Mere mortal vs photography God' it is XD
Agreed. The tone of this post isn't the best.
That would be because there are a lot of people that suck at photography
Not just here. Petapixel and a couple others have taken it to that level. Bash the person thats learning instead of helping them to fix some simple mistakes or take a different perspective of your location.
Haha it's true. But I think it's because a lot of people think they're really good at taking photos and they're not. Too many people don't realize that photography is a skill, at, and talent that takes time and practice to develop and perfect. They diminish the work of professionals, making it seem like the equipment is what makes them good at their trade. But the reality is the knowledge and experience is what provides a good end result.
This reminds me of how my university's campus is literally "not a big deal", but on the website it looked all space and luxury.
I think this is the most accurate photography article I've seen on panda so far. "All a photographer must do is spend time observing the location, then play with perspective"
Actually, you can probably sum it up as: if you are a good photographer, you put attention to detail. Which is not entirely surprising...
Lol the spammer that forgets their spam line in the spam. Hollie Holloway this person seems ... Hollow. You failed Hollow Hollie.
Thank you, I fully agree!! I scrolled down to the comments half expecting that infuriating, ever present "so basically, Photoshop" reaction that always drives me nuts on this kind of posts
I just got paid $6784 working off my laptop this month. And if you think that’s cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $9k her first month. It feels so good making so much money when other people have to work for so much less. This is what I do.....http://cutt.us/gmNlL
There seems to be a lot of "you suck at taking photos, average person" posts on BP lately.
Mmmm the wording of the title is tricky isn't it? I don't like the 'ordinary person' vs XYZ profession article titles. Maybe a more accurate one on this would be 'those that have an eye for a good photo and those who don't', after all plenty of people who aren't professional photographers can take excellent photos because they have an eye for a good image / composition. But I suppose it needs to be a snappy article title so 'Mere mortal vs photography God' it is XD
Agreed. The tone of this post isn't the best.
That would be because there are a lot of people that suck at photography
Not just here. Petapixel and a couple others have taken it to that level. Bash the person thats learning instead of helping them to fix some simple mistakes or take a different perspective of your location.
Haha it's true. But I think it's because a lot of people think they're really good at taking photos and they're not. Too many people don't realize that photography is a skill, at, and talent that takes time and practice to develop and perfect. They diminish the work of professionals, making it seem like the equipment is what makes them good at their trade. But the reality is the knowledge and experience is what provides a good end result.
This reminds me of how my university's campus is literally "not a big deal", but on the website it looked all space and luxury.