Eye contact in street photography

Although eye contact is an occasional incident in street photography, it is always inevitable. In fact, many people's fear of street photography stems from contact. For the pureist of street photography, the contact of the eyes means that the person you want to shoot noticed that you are shooting them, and this kind of attention means purely.

Because the appearance of a photographer who originally wanted to be invisible, the nature of the picture changed, from capture to confrontation. Whether it was the contact between the eyes and the lens, or the photographer because of the physical language made by the photographer A new element in photography language.

However, just because a photo shows that the viewer's eye communication with the lens does not mean conflict. Although as a street photographer, it is necessary to make such a psychological preparation before shooting. They are always outside the plan, and they may also become unexpected surprises in the picture.

After all, the function of eye communication in photography is just like the eye communication in real life. It is essentially creating a connection. This connection can be the connection between the photographer (camera) and the subject. It can also be the connection between the viewer and the shooting subject.

Through eye communication, the photographer, as the actual participant at the scene, connects what they see through the lens, extends outward and passed to the viewer, so that the viewer can easily and harmonize The emotions in the picture are connected, and then they can understand the information that the photographer wants to pass more easily.

A strong eyes can produce a kind of emotion. Telling a story can also connect two worlds. But eye communication is not just a simple discovery of the photographer at the moment when the photographer presses the shutter with the shot. This is just a communication outward. It is the communication of the world in the picture and the world outside the picture. It should also contain an inward communication, that is, the eyes transmission in the picture, that is, the direction of the eyes of the object of the object we shoot should be able to indicate the attitude and emotion of the subject. It means In a world, the existence of the scene has no direct relationship with the photographer. The shooter did it just recorded the story that happened in the world.

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