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The article could be more properly called "Using dancers to illustrate a short photography 101 course". As to dance-related tips. Unless you're planning to set
by azov 15y ago
The article could be more properly called "Using dancers to illustrate a short photography 101 course".
As to dance-related tips. Unless you're planning to set up an external lighting kit (in which case you probably know what you're doing and don't need much advice):
1. Shot them when they don't move. Most dances have accent points when performers stand still, and it's usually the most visually interesting poses anyway.
2. Use panning (this works well in some dances, like waltz, less so in others).
Other than that it's just basic indoor photography technique.
- hackermom 15y agoI fully agree.
- gbog 15y ago> photography 101 course I did not follow any 101 course but if they are anything like French education, then I disagree with you. A course about photography would be made by someone having this topics as its main focus in life since 10 years or more, it would start with some history, some physic, some chemistry, maybe some mathematics grounds and gather them all in a comprehensive photography topic, etc. Even a short course summary on three pages would reflect this comprehensiveness. While Peter Norvig's article is a simple exploration path. One start from one simple easy to understand problem (here it is taking good pics of his daughter dancing, in another paper it was solving all sudoku puzzles) and go to its resolution in a few steps. The sequence of steps he chose is interesting in itself, and maybe it is what feels the most "scientific" here: all of them are necessary to attain the goal. But while Norvig guide us on this path, he also and "by-the-way" shows some interesting landscapes in the far. It is not a "I'll explain you all about x", it is more "I walked this path and some other might be interested", and that what's make his article interesting to me.