Why this is a good photograph. One secret to make more powerful pictures.
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2022
- The Raw Society Co-Founder Jorge Delgado-Ureña shares his thinking process working in the field and his thoughts about one of his most successful pictures, and analices the reasons why it's a good photograph.
All photographs in this video are made by Jorge Delgado-Ureña.
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It is often really difficult to see just why a picture does or doesn't work. I appreciate your thoughts and analysis.
Thanks my friend! it is complex often indeed. I hope this helps a little!
When, I grow up, I want to take soulful pictures like Jorge Delgado-Ureña!!!
As I go back and watch your earlier videos I am more and more impressed. You have a real talent not only as a photographer but teacher as well. I am 74 years old and have been a photographer since 1972. At this point I’m not interested in gear reviews and such. I am interested in the philosophy of photography, getting in the right frame of mind, and inspiration for how to see. These are things that always need to be refreshed in my mind. You do this well.
Thank you so much, that means alot!
I'd love to see more of this series. It helps me learn more about photography as an art.
Thanks Ted! I'll try to do more in the future :)
@@The_Raw_Society can't wait for that 😊
I have just come across your RUclips and I really appreciate your insight into what makes a good photo. It is often a mystery to me as I know it is important to get the technicalities right but then the rest is quite subjective. Please keep making this type of content as it is much appreciated.
Pls more and more of this🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
As a new subscriber binge watching the back catalogue, I think this is a valuable and helpful piece and I would be very keen to see more. Looking forward through the other videos it’s not obvious you’ve done others. Maybe in the works? Great work.
Great suggestion! We have been thinking about doing some more of this! Maybe soon! :)
Gorgeous capture
Loving the format, because you don't get that typical pictural overload when you feature one image from a larger body of work (which is only hinted at to provide some context and get a sense of the story) and really take a couple of minutes to explore why that particular image may be working. It's akin to standing in front of a museum exhibit and getting an inspired and inspiring one-on-one guided tour. Looking at fewer images, but seeing them for what they are worth, is definitely something we should do more. Please do more of these, Jorge. 😻
Thank you very much Marc! I really appreciate it, I'll definitely try to do more of this kind of videos with other interesting pictures :)
Just found your channel. Hopefully the lack of new content doesn’t mean there won’t be more. Love your videos!
It doesn’t ;) we’ve just been very very busy. Hopefully will have some more videos soon(ish)
Love it!
Can,t wait for the rest of the series
Cheers!
Thank you very much Darcy! Appreciate it! :)
Very valuable comments! iI will definitely stay tuned for more!
Thank you Andrea, appreciate it! :)
This is some amazing work...keep it coming
Great video, and would definitely love to see more videos that go into the thought process behind the shot, the elements that make that images work and the reason you selected it. I look forward to more of this series
Yes please, it's good idea to explain with your images . Thank you !
Thank you for watching and for the support! :)
Would definitely like to see more analysis like this. Nice picture!
Thanks Travis! I'm working on something similar where I talk about the picture and also the process and approach with something like contact-sheets digital version :)
Really nice. Loved it. I would certainly like to see more of the series, and, in fact, I’m eager to see *any* of your work. I have just discovered you!
Awesome, thank you Cindy! :)
For me, the photograph is all about motion and dance. I find the gentleman in the doorway a distraction that draws my eye away from the dance
and "stops" the motion. Likewise for the two gentlemen on the right side of the picture. I held my hands up to block the three guys and to me the photograph seemed more impactful and drew me in even more.
That's a very interesting analysis my friend! I did play with the idea of cropping the to guys in the left but eventually changed my mind, Also (Not that they are always right) my editor like it better complete. Any way, Thank you very much for your comment! :)
Thanks for the insights and great analysis!! Cannot wait to see more in this series.
Glad you enjoyed it Qin! More to come :)
would love to see the continued series of this topic. Thank you so much...
More to come Puja! Thanks for watching! :)
Great video, picture, and analysis. I hope you extend this format to other videos. I love your work!
That's the plan Bob! thanks for watching! :)
This channel is a real gem, thank you Jorge!
I appreciate that Hector! thanks for watching !:)
Fantastic 💪 I love this format. Thank you ❤️
Thank you for watching Pascal! and the support! :)
This is another great video! I love the photo you discussed, and now I have the language to describe why!
Glad you liked it Doug! And thank you for the support! :)
Great video! Love to hear how you worked the scene and overall process and thinking.👍
Glad you enjoyed it David! Thanks for watching! :)
Yes, great format. Hope you keep doing them!!! 😉
Thank you very much Pedro! I'll try to find more interesting pictures with cool stories! :)
Thank you for this video. It will for sure make me look at my photos more and to see why I took and can I make them better.
I marvel at how much thought goes into making a good image. I love to hear about it. Please make more videos like this. Even if I never learn to make photos like this one I will at least be better equipted to look at the photos of others and recognize a quality image when I see one.
A great photographer told me years ago: If I can do it anybody can. I think it's true Pat, we only need patience. Thank you very much for watching! :)
After checking and seeing that this was posted the day before I viewed it I breathed a sigh of relief because it fortified the belief that there will be more of these to come. I certainly hope so. I find your images inspiring and your explanations clear and informative. I am so glad I found your channel. I ordered my camera a few weeks ago and hopefully it will be here at the end of this week. When I was told it was being muled in from Miami I thought they were speaking metaphorically. I now have an image of them strapping it to a mule, smacking its butt and sending it here to Ecuador.
Thank you my friend! and what a story with your camera! :) I hope you enjoy it very much!
I see that you haven't made any more in this series. Will request you to come back with more videos of this type.
I was in Rissani in November last year and visited the same spots - ironically I've only just discovered your wonderful channel and am enjoying the parallels of your experience there with mine. The photos that I took in Morocco are very special to me and that same essence is palpable through your work.
Awesome Bradley, thank you for sharing. The dessert is a special place right? And the people is fantastic!
Amazing!
Thank you very much João!
Me encanta este video, un análisis súper interesante y en un formato súper bien pensado para que no se haga pesado!!! Me flipa vuestro canal y estoy deseando ya ver vuestro siguientes vídeos !! ❤️
Muchas gracias tocayo! :)
Fantastic images
Glad you like them! Thanks a lot!
Please keep making episodes with this kind of content. Very interesting and educational.
Thank you very much Harry, I'll try to do more :)
love this
Thank you very much Nazir! :)
Good analysis. Hope to see more. Although, I guess I am late 😊
I like your videos and the modesty and humility of your aproach to explain your photographic work. Your pictures are just...exceptional ! Muchas gracias !
I appreciate that! Muchas gracias a ti! :)
00:09 Great photograph, paint-a-like. Thank you.
Many thanks Marcin!
I wish you made more videos. I’m also looking into raw society.
More to come! Thanks a lot Jason!
Great video! I loved how you not only explained why it’s a good picture, but also how you approached the composition in the first place. Did you know it was going to be a great picture when you made it or did the realization came later?
Glad you enjoyed it René, and great question! Actually, I discarded that picture in the first edit and I rediscovered it about 2 years later when I was editing the book and I went through the old folders. So in short: At the moment I thought that it was a good idea and the result was "ok" but not enough at the moment. With time and distance I realized that it was very good. :)
This is very helpful and I would like to see more of why a picture works or not.
Thanks Ben! I definitely will try to do more :)
Very true as usual : émotion and vision are essential, technique is just the support to pass the émotion and no problem if sharpness is not perfect
Absolutely right Stéphane! Thanks for watching! :)
Thank you, I found your comments very informative.
Glad it was helpful Bill! thanks for watching!
Olá Jorge, estou a gostar muito de ouvi-lo a pensar sobre a fotografia, com clareza, profundidade e paixão. Acho esta rubrica sobre o que faz uma fotografia ser significativa muito rica e pertinente. Dê-nos mais disto! Obrigada, Vânia
Jorge at his best!
Merci Merci Wayan! :)
Great work!! ✨👌🏼
And by the way. If people like it, it’s a great picture. Like music. When people dance, it’s good. Simplicity is the greatest form of art 😉
Thank you Maurice for watching and taking the time to comment ! Appreciate it! :)
I really like your explanation of the analysis of the work, it reminds me that moments don't need to be perfectly composed, use your vision to capture a situation how you see it unfolding.
Thank you very much Jared! I think that you are very right, sometimes (I would say more often that it looks like) The imperfection is the cherry on top!
@@The_Raw_Society I hope to join your membership group sometime in the near future, I'm working on very similar projects as yours and hope to have something to share and publish this year.
Another fine video Jorge! I love your work and perhaps even more the way you go about it and guide us through your mental process. Truly inspiring. I'm looking to join one of your adventures with the RAW photography project! Maybe I can join the trip to Nepal.
Also, I was just wondering how you managed to take this brilliant shot with the Xpro2 (if that was the camera you used) for that Fuji doesn't have a stabilized sensor.. Was it shot on the Fuji?
Thank you very much Robin! Actually the cámera it was even older and with no IS, a Nikon d800 with a fixed 35mm f2 version D. :) To be fair in that particular picture I was siting and they where kind of fast so it wasn't the longest of the exposures, maybe an 8th of a second?
About Nepal we have one spot left so join us! will be great! All the info is in the website www.therawsociety.org
Thanks a lot for taking the time to comment!
Thank you for the video and explanation. Love your videos. I was just wondering: did you put the camera on a tripod to avoid the background being blurry too from camera shake? Or is it possible to take a photo like this handheld?
Thanks for watching Dave! I usually do this kind of pictures hand held, I would say that it depends on how fast the subjects are moving but usually in this kind of situation I think you don't need a tripod in general. :)
great
Thanks!!
I think the bluish background vs white robes + head-garments also helps in rendering this into a good picture. The fact that white repeats vs the faces being dark so one can hardly discern any facial features also helps, otherwise we may have been attracted to they eyes but this is not possible plus the white clothing being the brightest areas in the photo attracts our attention (away from facial features). I also think the stationary subject at camera right/bookending the composition vs the blurry subject/white motion bookending the picture on the left also help. There is also some kind of progression of the dynamism/motion from camera right to left. Anyway some alternative ideas, my 2 pence, as to why this picture may work.
Thank you Dimitris! is a great analysis, very on the spot! :)
more pls
Wonderful photos. Inspiring explanation of how you made the presented picture but do you have any thoughts about occasions were "overthinking" might ruin the shot? Looking forward to watch more content like this!
That's a great question Alejandro. Yes, In my opinion thinking to much can be counterproductive in general. What I do is to have a general idea of what I want to achieve and go for it, I try to think before hands (that also lead you to other ideas on the fly) sometimes i'm wrong and I don't get anything interesting, but I find important to have an intention first, then let go and be present in the moment. I hope it makes sense!
@@The_Raw_Society Yes, it makes perfect sense. Thank you for your insights.
First of all. This is really a great photo! And another good video, so keep them coming 🙂 But one thing. Composition is many things. And we can all have different views - theory or not. I would say, even if you explain your thoughts, and you draw lines and circles to explain your choice, the composition is not in balance here. It tilts to the left (not to be mistaken with horizontal lines etc). To me there is a something in the left side, that weighs more than the right. Again - it is a fantastic photo, I would wish to have made myself. But you cannot always draw lines and circles, and then conclude the composition is fine and in balance. Hope you understand my point.
Curious about the shutter speed?
Good question! 1/4 of a second at f/11 with a 24mm lens
@@The_Raw_Society thanks, great video and photo too.
I try to set up shots like that, but honestly many of my best shots are luck. Others where I try to make a formula work, end up looking too clinical. I try to adapt to my surroundings as best as possible, but sometimes, if I turn around, I'll see something I wasn't expecting.
Luck is a thing in photography but I would say that if you have it is because you saw it Ted, witch is not a small thing! Patience my friend, the one thing that no one can teach you is how to see, the rest is just work the scene :)
If people like the photo it’s kinda the very definition of good
haha fair enough! Yet often people like something without really knowing why (witch is perfectly fine) but I believe that if one wants to improve, in this case in photography, the "why" is important!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! :)
Not always. Very often "people" (aka, the general public/non-artists/photographers) like things that are not really very good in a photographic or artistic sense. And they dislike great works of art because they don't understand them. Using "likes" to judge the quality of an image is usually a very poor barometer.
NO, that is NOT a ' good photograph '.
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Would you expand? Why not?