Henri Cartier - Bresson
by Cameron Rehm
1. Color
1.1. black and white photography brings abstraction, leaves the possibility of choice
1.2. to create color photography, you should transform colors and thus achieve liberty of expressions within the framework of the laws.
1.3. difficulties involved in snapshooting that we can't control the movement of the subject; and in color-photography, unable to control the interrelation of colors within the subject
2. Technique
2.1. you must master technique in order to communicate what you see
2.1.1. your own technique has be to created and adapted solely in order to make your vision effective
2.2. people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing
3. The Customers
3.1. a photographer runs the risk of when selling to a magazine of letting himself be molded by the taste or requirements of the magazine or customer and stray away from personal interest and personal art
4. The Camera Mind and Eye
5. The Picture Story
5.1. Involves a joint operation of the brain, they eye, and the heart. Objective of this joint operation is to depict the contect of some event which is in the process of unfolding, and to communicate impressions
5.2. Things-As-They-Are offer an abundance of material a photographer must guard against the temptation of trying to do everything
5.2.1. It is essential to cut from the raw material of life -- cut with discrimination
5.3. Memory -- recollection of every picture and do not leave gaps to ensure giving meaning to the scene before it is too late
5.3.1. you cannot redo story, it won't the exact same after. get it right the first time
6. The Subject
6.1. Subjects take place in everything and we cannot negate it
6.1.1. everything and anything can be a subject, no matter how small or how large
7. Composition
7.1. result of a simultaneous coalition of elements seen by the eye
7.2. must have its own inevitability about it.
7.2.1. cannot be an afterthought