Timing in photography

Timing in photography

When one comes to think of if, photography is all about timing. If one decides to take a photograph a few seconds after or before, a photograph can come out completely different. The person or object could move from its place and that effects the image so much, the photograph could deliver a different message or show something totally different.  When someone is taking a photograph, one is looking through the viewfinder and when that person decides to press the shutter, the picture becomes stationary.  A photograph is just a frozen moment at the time when one is clicking the button.  The scene that one is seeing through the viewfinder, instantly becomes a photograph and that to me, is fascinating.  (Gelder & Westgeest, 2011, p.64)

Also, if a photographer decides to take a photo while a person is pose or just take a spontaneous photograph, the person’s expressions will be completely different from each other. All one has to do is to decide when to take the photograph, except from deciding the composition and from which angle one is going to take the photograph from. Timing is everything.

 

Gelder,H & Westgeest,H. (2011) Photography Theory in Historical Perspective. 1st edn. West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.