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发帖数: 878 | 1 The Photographer's Eye的序言，copy了一段，共勉之，不过有点长。。。
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Most people using a camera for the first time try to master the controls but
ignore the ideas. They photograph intuitively, liking or disliking what
they see without stopping to think why, and framing the view in the same way
. Anyone who does it well is a natural photographer. But knowing in advance
why some compositions or certain combinations of colors seem to work better
than others, better equips any photographer.
One important reason why intuitive rather than informed photography is so
common is that shooting is such an easy, immediate process. Whatever the
level of thought and planning that goes into a photograph, from none to
considerable, the image is created in an instant, as soon as the shutter
release is pressed. This means that a picture can always be taken casually
and without thought, and because it can, it often is. Johannes Itten, the
great Bauhaus teacher in Germany in the 1920s, talking about color in art,
told his students: “If you, unknowing, are able to create masterpieces in
color, then unknowledge is your way. But if you are unable to create
masterpieces in color out of your unknowledge, then you ought to look for
knowledge.” This applies to art in general, including photography. In
shooting, you can rely on natural ability or on a good knowledge of the
principles of design. In other graphic arts, design is taught as a matter of
course. In photography it has received less attention than it deserves, and
here I set out to redress some of this lack. |
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