EMOTIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Documenting stories, emotions, and engaging your viewers is a major criterion in photography. Your audience must have an after feeling of being present at an event or shoot despite not being there. Capturing feelings and emotions is a key skillset that photographers need to improve on, and this would foster producing better images.

Read more to get better at capturing candid moments and emotions when you photograph.

BE EMOTIONALLY STABLE:

Your mood as a photographer most of the time can influence your body of work. So before you take that shoot, ask yourself: How am I doing today? If this question is answered and you’re emotionally stable this would guide your shooting and birthing of amazing images.

So start by identifying your emotions and staying stable and sane and then look for compositions and scenarios that align with those feelings.

OBSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT:

Photographers should learn to pay attention, observe and understudy the environment. The best way to shoot is to observe and the shoot bearing in mind that you’re telling stories with each image created.

FOCUS ON FACES:

This is important because it’s where emotions lie. The face is full of emotion, the eye is the window to the soul, after all, and often shows anger, joy, sadness, love, and so much more. So if you want to really document emotions, train your lens to be keen on people’s faces.