| Candid Photography as an Art form | | | | something of interest you can't pose it you have to |
| I'm writing this because someone involved | | | | take it as it is or have the patience of a saint to wait |
| with an ART League said "I have never see a | | | | it out until it gives you an opportunity for a |
| photograph take first place in an Art Show". Candid | | | | reasonable shot. If it's the type of subject that is |
| photography as an Art Form stands in a niche all of | | | | movable then you have fractions of a second to |
| its own as does the other art medias. If a judge or a | | | | compose the shot set the focus and shoot it. If you |
| jury does not understand what is involved in candid | | | | have the wrong lens at the time or the lighting isn't |
| photography as an art form then it will never win in a | | | | the best you don't have time to change it, you do |
| show that combines all media. | | | | the best you can with what you have. You can't |
| I don't consider myself an expert in the field | | | | control the lighting unless you spend the time to |
| but I know what is involved in getting a candid | | | | determine when is the best time to get the shot you |
| photograph that would be considered other than a | | | | want with the best lighting. It's the most frustrating |
| snapshot. I'm getting the impression that | | | | art media I have ever dealt with. To come up with a |
| photography as an art form is tolerated but not | | | | truly candid artistic photograph you might be lucky if |
| accepted as an Art Form from the artists that work | | | | you get the opportunity to come up with one |
| with models, paint, pastels etc... | | | | acceptable shot out of hundreds. Whereas when I |
| I feel that I have to explain the difference | | | | was involved with watercolor or pastels or stained |
| between Candid Photography Art and the other art | | | | glass I didn't have to leave my home and be |
| forms. First of all the subject, the composition the | | | | reasonably sure that I would end up with an |
| color and the technique used are some if not all the | | | | acceptable finished product the first time. I didn't |
| considerations included in the art forms that fall in | | | | have to travel hundreds of miles to have a |
| the drawing or painting art forms, maybe even | | | | reasonable opportunity to find suitable subjects to |
| sculpture. you don't even have to know how to | | | | photograph. I refer to candid photography as it |
| draw. These art forms generally use a model as a | | | | doesn't compare to photography in a studio where |
| subject or their imagination. They can choose the | | | | the subject is known and posed and the lighting is |
| subject, the color the composition and anything else | | | | set properly. You can't take a Photograph of your |
| they want their finished product to show or | | | | imagination. It is my opinion that a good photographic |
| emphasize. All they need is readily available to them | | | | artist has to have the eyes of an eagle to be able to |
| or a phone call away, Not so with photography. | | | | focus and see its subject at the best angle in order |
| Candid Photography as an Art Form, is I'll admit part | | | | to capture it, the speed of a mongoose avoiding the |
| luck but its calculated luck. You put yourself in a place | | | | bite of a cobra , the patience of a saint and the |
| or position that gives you the greatest chance of | | | | dexterity to utilize their equipment available to them |
| capturing a subject that suits your eye, or at least | | | | at the moment instantly and correctly. |
| comes close to what you're looking for. If you find | | | | Paul L. |