Staged vs Candid...
What kind of photography (Staged or Candid) do you prefer & why...
Do you think candid photography is better than staged photography...
Do you consider, some famous images of the world like Afgan Girl by Steve McCurry or some images of Don McCullin, or some other world famous images were posed...
Staged or Candid, does it make any difference...
Do you think candid photography is better than staged photography...
Do you consider, some famous images of the world like Afgan Girl by Steve McCurry or some images of Don McCullin, or some other world famous images were posed...
Staged or Candid, does it make any difference...
"Hold still and say Cheese" is not my style! 
Candids are always my personal preference but... there are circumstances where posed photos are perhaps more appropriate. Weddings spring to mind.
Cartier-Bresson (the other CB
) was well-known for his candids although some suspect at least some of them were posed. Perhaps that's a skill in itself: making posed images look like candids.
I don't regard one type as 'better' than the other.
Candids are always my personal preference but... there are circumstances where posed photos are perhaps more appropriate. Weddings spring to mind.
Cartier-Bresson (the other CB
) was well-known for his candids although some suspect at least some of them were posed. Perhaps that's a skill in itself: making posed images look like candids.I don't regard one type as 'better' than the other.
Yes some images of the other CB looks staged to me too...
I prefer spontaneous, impressionistic images that carry an intrinsic truth. But conveying that truth in a small rectangular frame sometimes requires a bit of intervention. Roger Fenton , the first war photographer, covering the Crimean War in the 1850s, took a view of a mountain path; then he took a second view of the same path strewn with cannon balls. ('The Valley of the Shadow of Death'). How did those cannon balls get to be so satisfyingly arranged? He never told...
I'm pretty sure that I remember Don McCullin talk about gathering together a dead soldier's possessions to photograph them, still in situ. Does that detract from the truth of the image? I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure that I remember Don McCullin talk about gathering together a dead soldier's possessions to photograph them, still in situ. Does that detract from the truth of the image? I don't think so.
I grew up with film and manual focus cameras. You learn to revere every frame. Digital is totally different. Spray and play and candids all the way, how fun it is to shoot funny frames all day.
My favourite EPZ picture of last year was staged. Shot with an air drone pointing down a tennis court with the players laid on the grass. I think it is quite funny and quirky but a result of painstaking preparation and participation as well. Pretty amazing result. Quite unique photo indeed. Pity that it did not receive the recognition it really deserves.
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My favourite EPZ picture of last year was staged. Shot with an air drone pointing down a tennis court with the players laid on the grass. I think it is quite funny and quirky but a result of painstaking preparation and participation as well. Pretty amazing result. Quite unique photo indeed. Pity that it did not receive the recognition it really deserves.
pablophotographer
Quote:I grew up with film and manual focus cameras. You learn to revere every frame. Digital is totally different.
Even 20 years after moving to digital I haven't changed my approach. But it is true that digital gives you freedom to use whatever method you want without worrying about the cost.
If you have only ever used digital I can see that your technique might be different. But I personally wouldn't know.
Quote:Pity that it did not receive the recognition it really deserves
Perhaps that is telling in itself.
To be able to get a striking shot without prior arrangement may be seen as meritorious!
One important advantage of posed images is that you have the agreement of the subjects, implied or actual signed bits of paper. That being said I much prefer candids - once people are aware of a camera their expressions and body language changes.
The laws are probably different in France but in the UK you don't need signed bits of paper to take photos of people anywhere.
However, stock agencies and image libraries will often require a model release if you want sell photos via those facilities.
As to posed vs candid, it's purely
a personal preference and the photos, in my view, have a different feel to them.
However, stock agencies and image libraries will often require a model release if you want sell photos via those facilities.
As to posed vs candid, it's purely
a personal preference and the photos, in my view, have a different feel to them.
I completely agree with the comment of CB above...In India, there are some people who even can snatch or break your camera if you take images of them without taking their permission irrespective of the fact whether the law permits it or not...but i should agree all of the people are not same in nature...
In India (conservative as opposed to liberal) mainly in villages, If you want to take images of female in the street, and you are thinking to capture candid images, you should be prepared to face severe consequences...
But do you think the merit of an image depends solely on the fact that whether the image is staged or candid...
In India (conservative as opposed to liberal) mainly in villages, If you want to take images of female in the street, and you are thinking to capture candid images, you should be prepared to face severe consequences...
But do you think the merit of an image depends solely on the fact that whether the image is staged or candid...
...Must be a secret photographer...But the problem is people how they accept it...
Probably same technique used by Raghu Rai to capture this image , as i regularly go through the same location everyday i can say this is a staged photography...but no matter it is a great image...
Some candid as well as staged images of Raghu Rai...you can easily identify the candid or the staged one, but nevertheless all are great & equal...
Quote:What kind of photography (Staged or Candid) do you prefer & why...
Do you think candid photography is better than staged photography...
Do you consider, some famous images of the world like Afgan Girl by Steve McCurry or some images of Don McCullin, or some other world famous images were posed...
Staged or Candid, does it make any difference...
For me a lot of what people see as candid could have been captured with a security camera, dull and meaningless.
Being staged or candid does nor matter, what matters are the photographs, can you feel the person behind the lens.
Examples, staged or candid ?
