We will be having a talk with a famous photographer known as David Chang. He does a mix of genres: Wedding, Action,
Landscape, Documentary, Candid, Music/Promotional and Travel. We have a series of questions that we will be asking him during the talk because it will be helping us in our planning and production of our photography projects.
Post-write up:
David Chang does multiple genres of photography as he stated himself that just following one style is boring for a photographer. He uses a wide range of techniques such as taking pictures in landscape to capture a greater meaning to his photographs. Chang was a civil engineer prior to being a photographer which meant he had to learn his own style of photography over time and with photography switching over to the digital side of technology, he was able to publish his photography on a website and to find commissions and work from employers over the internet.
Chang does music, industry, wedding, fireworks, landscape and nature photography. He stated that technique isn't all that is needed when taking photography but is more of a afterthought, albeit still important. He said that when photographing, one must think about the shutter speed and the aperture first before any other form of photographic technique such as composition and rules of third etc. Photographers have to think one step ahead of what might happen, predicting moments and being able to capture them on time are two separate things according to Chang and for a photographer, they have to be able to both almost second nature. Another technique he said was that being in the perfect location means quite a lot in a photograph and being able to capture the entire moment. In his fireworks photography, David Chang said he found locations which showed almost the entire firework display which in turn allowed his pictures to connote the meaning of a great event and something to be remembered. He showed a photo which where the fireworks are almost symmetrical and it was for a CD cover. The reason he managed to capture that almost perfect moment was because he planned out what he was thinking what could happen and as he mentioned before, being able to predict a moment is one of the main things a photographer must consider.
Each of his work follows a certain theme, according to the type of photography he is doing: He tends to do candid style when he does weddings. As aforementioned, he captures moments that come naturally and being able to think ahead and to take photographs of those moments is what makes a photographer. As any other photographer, creativity is somewhat restricted when working on briefs as they are usually looking for something specific, however, that doesn't mean the specified photographs can't be creative on their own. An example of a photo he took was for Forge Masters; he took a picture with a low shutter speed where molten metal was jumping out from the cauldron and it created a trail effect which gave a sense of action and danger.
David Chang also mentioned how photography is done to tell a story and to create an atmosphere. He considered a photo to be successful depending on whether he can successfully create an almost physical atmosphere from the photo i.e. weddings are celebratory and having a candid style tends to connote that type of message and it will most likely give the people viewing the photograph to feel the same feeling the subjects are. Being able to tell a story is another main point as a photograph is a still image and only shows a single frame of an entire event. When a photographer takes a photo, one must aim to be able to tell a person viewing the photo what is happening, what happened before and what may happen after through a single picture. Chang mentioned how he creates his story in his photographs through natural moments.
Questions to ask:
1. What
is your main genre of photography? (Or do you not have one focus)
2. What
genre(s) would help to focus on when taking pictures for theme of ‘Identity’?
3. Would
candid photography work for the theme of identity?
Post-write up:
David Chang does multiple genres of photography as he stated himself that just following one style is boring for a photographer. He uses a wide range of techniques such as taking pictures in landscape to capture a greater meaning to his photographs. Chang was a civil engineer prior to being a photographer which meant he had to learn his own style of photography over time and with photography switching over to the digital side of technology, he was able to publish his photography on a website and to find commissions and work from employers over the internet.
Chang does music, industry, wedding, fireworks, landscape and nature photography. He stated that technique isn't all that is needed when taking photography but is more of a afterthought, albeit still important. He said that when photographing, one must think about the shutter speed and the aperture first before any other form of photographic technique such as composition and rules of third etc. Photographers have to think one step ahead of what might happen, predicting moments and being able to capture them on time are two separate things according to Chang and for a photographer, they have to be able to both almost second nature. Another technique he said was that being in the perfect location means quite a lot in a photograph and being able to capture the entire moment. In his fireworks photography, David Chang said he found locations which showed almost the entire firework display which in turn allowed his pictures to connote the meaning of a great event and something to be remembered. He showed a photo which where the fireworks are almost symmetrical and it was for a CD cover. The reason he managed to capture that almost perfect moment was because he planned out what he was thinking what could happen and as he mentioned before, being able to predict a moment is one of the main things a photographer must consider.
Each of his work follows a certain theme, according to the type of photography he is doing: He tends to do candid style when he does weddings. As aforementioned, he captures moments that come naturally and being able to think ahead and to take photographs of those moments is what makes a photographer. As any other photographer, creativity is somewhat restricted when working on briefs as they are usually looking for something specific, however, that doesn't mean the specified photographs can't be creative on their own. An example of a photo he took was for Forge Masters; he took a picture with a low shutter speed where molten metal was jumping out from the cauldron and it created a trail effect which gave a sense of action and danger.
David Chang also mentioned how photography is done to tell a story and to create an atmosphere. He considered a photo to be successful depending on whether he can successfully create an almost physical atmosphere from the photo i.e. weddings are celebratory and having a candid style tends to connote that type of message and it will most likely give the people viewing the photograph to feel the same feeling the subjects are. Being able to tell a story is another main point as a photograph is a still image and only shows a single frame of an entire event. When a photographer takes a photo, one must aim to be able to tell a person viewing the photo what is happening, what happened before and what may happen after through a single picture. Chang mentioned how he creates his story in his photographs through natural moments.
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