攝影筆記：


拍攝是一個人的事。
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有趣地，很多時，受歡迎的照片，往往不是好照片。
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有一種意見，可能很多人會不同意，那種意見是這樣的： 如果按下快門那一刻，你沒有看著觀景器，嚴格來說，那拍出來的照片，不是你的照片。
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太注重器材，照片會拍得不好 --- 我就是這樣。
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名山大川、花鳥魚蟲、美男美女，都是非常之好的拍攝對象。 但，我最主要是想拍攝對我來說重要的、我有感情的人或事物 --- 暫時而言，即是拍攝香港和我的家人。
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如果有人能拍出好一些精采的照片，但他平日所拍照片的數量非常之驚人，有些人便可能會以為他只是依靠運氣而已。 但我覺得基本上拍多拍少沒有太大關係，因為離開了基本的攝影技術之後，剩下的就受你品味高低去決定你所拍照片質素的上限。 品味低拍多少都沒有用，這是有確實可被觀察的例子作為證明的 (我認為高級數碼相機的出現更清楚的證明了這個) 。 因此，提升自己的品味，比起提升純技術層面的東西，或者提升器材，或者增加外出旅遊拍攝的機會等等，來得更加重要。 【~~~我品味不高，所以更要提升。】.

【光】：一位前輩所教，值得分享： “The last thing I want to leave you with is the notion that nothing is more important than the light. You should always be thinking about how
the light looks, how it models objects, where the shadows are falling. If you try to have your camera ready during those fleeting moments when the light is really interesting, the pictures almost create themselves. On the other hand, no matter how interesting the subjects or skillful the composition, an overly hard, flat, or glaring type of light will almost always prevent a great image from being made.”
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聽過一位前輩說，他拍攝是 "to ask" rather than "to tell"。 我對此細心思考，我似乎剛剛相反，我是想用攝影 "to tell" ，而不是 "to ask"。 就我暫時理解， "To ask" 的方向較多向自己的內心去掘。 若真能做到與觀賞者心與心通的時候，表面意思不明的照片在情感、意境以及人所共通的一些 fantasy 方面 ，可以有攝人的強大力量。 但是，以我的觀察，走這條路線，而其作品又確實鏗鏘有力，毫不造作的，通常是怪人，甚至有時讓我感到 --- 極端一點去形容 --- 是天才式的精神病人。
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【看】：一班人同一時間走過同一條街，有部份人會看得比其他人多；有些人會特別注意到某一些只有他才發覺得到的有趣畫面；也有些人一直在看，光影透過瞳孔在視網膜上對焦，訊息傳到大腦使他們能夠保持平衡和作出適當的動作反應，然後在走過這條街後，差不多甚麼都沒有 “看” 到。 【~~~很多朋友的照片能幫我看到我原本看不到的。】
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我們在一生下來開始，只要視力沒有問題，就已經一直在”看”。

我們寫字，每人有不同的筆跡。我們說話或歌唱，每人有不同的風格。寫字畫畫時，有字體圖畫給我們看清這方的潛能和發展；說話唱歌，有具體的表現給我們看這方面可能存在的才華。但當我們”看”的時候，一般情況下自己和其他人都不太清楚某人的”看”法到底有甚麼獨到之處。

我相信每個人都有自己的”看”法，這是不需要任何攝影方面的基礎的。一個人活了二十年，然後有一天第一次拿起照相機，他可能還要學習照相機的基本操控，但他卻已經是一個擁有二十年豐富經驗的”看”的實踐者。如果他在此以前並沒有被攝影前輩或書籍”教導”怎樣才能算是”好”的照片，而完全地只去發揮自己不自覺地練了足足二十年的”看”法，用照相機把真正是自己的”看”法記錄下來，其結果可以是很珍貴的。對於極有潛質的極少數人，甚至可以是非常驚人的，而且可以是一開始就已經非常驚人。
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有能力欣賞優秀的作品，肯定是好事。 然而，就自己拍攝方面，學習別人的優點，使它變成自己的，到底應算是進步還是退步呢？

那真的要看你其實想怎樣了。
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拍攝是做出來的，不是說出來的。 所以，不要理我說甚麼。

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    ramontic_ says:

    "congrats...---
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    The situations you bring us ...make us be there,,,,next to them...next to you...
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    Jim O'Connell says:

    "Eddie's stuff is the sort of stuff that we'll all still be looking at in twenty or fifty years.

    He's got a good, natural sense of composition that lets you know what it was like to stand where he stood when he saw what he saw.
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    "One of the best slide shows i've seen on flickr. Eddie has an amazing eye and a wonderful sense of composition. Great stuff!"

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    601 Photography says:

    " Eddie Law's work has a wonderfully vintage quality to it. He is a master at capturing the everyday world, shooting aspects of life many of us would probably not even give a second thought to.

    His portraits are beautiful and touching. You feel like you have been allowed to look upon a tender moment between the subject and photographer.

    Eddie's work is very inspiring and I always look forward to his latest photos.

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