How someone perceives a visual message is in most cases different than what someone else sees in a certain image. When you have the chance to sit down and think about how our eyes work and perceive colors and images is something that I find very fascinating. Taking a picture and looking through the viewfinder or through a live feed of what you are doing is one thing. But, seeing what you are doing through your eyes and to see the final product is different to many.
I recently started watching “Challenger: The Final Flight” on Netflix where it talks about the Challenger shuttle and what ultimately led to a horrific accident that in many cases could have been prevented. In the documentary, they show footage from previous orbiters that went into space showing just how bright the earth is compared to the darkness of space. This is something that stood out to me because of just how beautiful it would have been to go up into space to see the earth from the outside with my own two eyes. Especially to do it in the ’70s and ’80s would have been an amazing experience that very few people will ever get to experience in their lifetime.
I bring up that specific documentary to say that seeing something through the sensor of a camera and your own eyes can tell two completely different stories. For the picture that is posted below, one thing that I always do before setting up a shot is to look and see where I am getting the most light from. I normally tend to take pictures at golden hour especially if there are some faint clouds in the sky acting as a diffuser to in a way tone down the sun just a bit. In the post, once I get everything uploaded and I am going through some pictures to edit, I try not to “over-edit” a picture to the point where it looks fake or the picture begins to look grainy due to too many added effects. Editing for the most part evolves what looks pleasing to your eye. It adds a different element to the picture and adds different textures and features that you may not have seen at first. Below I will throw up some of the settings that I used for this specific picture and give some insight as to what I am doing and why I am doing it.
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