《Getting closer》 -----本字幕由雷天音 整理制作----- Chris Orwig: Because that music --
【----QQ 568031962----】 Jared Mason: Shake... baby shake!
【----ACELY STUDIO----】 Chris Orwig: Yeah, keep going.
That one, that's the one they do at the end?
Jared Mason: Yeah, they just go shake? baby shake!
Chris Orwig: Good music is contagious. You can't help but sing, sing along with it.
And one of the things that I liked about photographing Jared on the bridge was
in a sense the bridge is a big stage and Jared is a performer of sorts.
And if ever you're working with someone, say an athlete, you want to ask them
about the sport that they play.
If it's an artist ask her about the paintings that she makes.
And by doing that you are in a sense get into the essence of who they are.
You are connecting perhaps on a different level.
Now, this concept is taught in every introductory photography course.
Get closer, get closer, get closer.
Many people take this to mean, okay, I need to physically move closer and that's
only half the truth. The other half is how do I get closer emotionally, how do I
connect with this person as a human being?
Well, the shoot progresses, the sun was getting higher and higher, the light
more direct and more harsh.
But I didn't get it. I wasn't paying attention to that and it's kind of funny
that I missed that moment. I didn't realized until there is Jared blocking
the sun from his eyes.
I mean, if that isn't a sign, I don't know what is.
And finally, I realized okay, you know what, this light is just too direct.
Have to do something.
We have to do something different.
I love how Benjamin West puts it.
He says, "Always remember white and shadow never stands still."
I had forgotten that.
And so I finally got it.
You know what, this won't work. Let's change things up. Let's walk to a new
location or walk away and let's turnaround.
Have it so the sun is at his back so it's a backlit photograph.
Even as the light changes, there are still photographs to be made and part of
it is developing that sensitivity to it and even when you make mistakes like I did,
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can I work within this context of natural and ever-changing light?