Ahoj!
This is Zdenka.
These photos are so good.
And they bring so many memories.
Do you print your photos?
It's another creative camera challenge time.
Today's episode will be all about how you can capture and tell story through your photography.
If we don't know each other yet, my name is Zdenka Darula.
If you want to learn how to take better photos and videos with the latest gear and participate
in creative camera challenges like this one, you might wanna stick around and consider
subscribing.
Before I show you some of these ones, let's announce the best photos from the last round
which was food photography.
First one is here and is from Raymond.
Strawberry chocolate smoothie photographed with Canon 60D and Canon lens 24-105mm.
He also mentioned his aperture setting which was F/4.0.
Second photo is from Donna.
And it's roast pork taken with iphone.
Photo number 3 is from Rajkumar and is a photo of pomegranate with curd.
It was taken with Canon M50 and macro 28mm lens.
Photo number 4 is from Donna.
And as she says, this is a photo of my cookies with chocolate caramel Easter Eggs I had from
Easter taken with iphone.
Photo number 5 is from Alex.
And it is a big meaty sandwitch, it was taken with Sony A6000 and Sony lens 50mm/F1.8.
Photo number 6 is from Jimmi and the title is Just thinking about hamburger.
7th photo is from Raymond.
He simply said, I was invited for an outdoor birthday party and he took this photo with
Canon 60D and Canon 50mm lens F/1.8 in natural light.
Photo number 8 is from Scott.
And here is what he says.
I loaned the mini milk bottle from a local barista shop and took the shots on the window
ledge of my kitchen which meant some mad maneuvering of my tripod on the drainer and climbing on
a the tops to take them.
I took this with Sony A7iii with my favorite 85mm lens F/1.8.
The light was a bit rubbish so the exposure were pretty slow but used the cable to release
and shot wide open for the effect.
Photo number 9 is from Max.
This photo is quite nicely lit.
Max also posted behind the scenes photos of his set up.
So thank you for sharing.
And the last photo is here from Brad.
As he says, my favorite wine, absolutely amazing.
I am always willing to share a glass.
OK.
So what time should we be there?
This photo was taken with Pantax K-1 and 100mm macro lens and light box.
Thank you so much for participating.
You all did absolutely amazing.
All the photos are great.
Featured photographers from today's episode are listed just below the video in the video
description.
There is difference between photos and photos.
Confused?
I shoot for 15 years and I remember when I was younger and I was just starting out, I
was getting excited over every single photo I took.
You know every single photo I took of models and stuff like that.
I was just so thrilled and I was just so happy looking at the shots.
Now that I am more experienced, It's no longer about the perfect pose, it's no longer about
the perfect light, about that photo taken with $2,000 lens.
I look at the photos and I think OK, they are cool, nice photos but there is no relationship
between the photos and me.
They are just OK photos, nothing special.
There are other photos that I took with crappy old phone but they mean 1000% more to me.
They have that special relationship because they capture the moments, the raw real moments.
Telling story through the photos are my absolute favorite.
As you get advanced in photography and as you get older, as you age, you will go through
many different stages of life, you will have different priorities, you will change a view
on photos many times.
When I photograph weddings, I really don't enjoy anymore taking those posed formal photos.
I think I am pretty much over with that.
I love taking the candid stuff.
Walking around with big lens and just capturing the raw, the real emotions, the real stuff
as it happens naturally progresses.
I love capturing a story but this video is not about weddings.
This is about capturing story of your own life.
Your past, present, special weekend coming up, special people, pets, items, anything.
Let's talk about gear.
Some people, not everybody, some people get so caught up with all the gear in the world,
the special camera, the special lens, the special technical quality, no noise, best
aperture, all the sharpness in the world, the colors that they completely forget what
story telling photography is all about.
Capturing the special moments, the special memories of someone in their life.
And this camera challenge I don't want you to as worry about technically perfect photos.
I mean, don't do the opposite when your photo is so smudged that nobody can actually tell
what is in the photo.
But rather, concentrate what you are seeing through your lens.
Here are some photos which are very special to me.
Why?
What is the story behind them?
First photo looks like just a regular photo of an airplane engine right?
Just like you travel somewhere on the vacation.
Well, this photo is extremely special to me.
This is from the flight I took from Czech republic to Canada forever.
I didn't know that at that time when I took the photo.
This was taken the day I left Czech and never came back.
I only go back on vacation.
Look at this photo.
Just a note on the paper right?
Photo of some kind of a note.
It is a letter.
One of the letters my grandma used to send me when I lived in Canada my first few years.
No computers, handwritten letters.
The signature says granny.
Even though she is not here anymore, this photo keeps her here alive.
Photo number 3.
Jeseniky in Czech republic.
This is the view of mountains I am from.
This photo, all the memories are coming back.
Photo no.
4.
Just a behind the scenes photo from Thailand.
My old modeling days.
This was the best ever modeling trip I have ever done.
I will never forget that one.
We went there few weeks right after the big tsunami hit.
We were working there taking photos from swimsuit magazine and I remember, I came back really
sick.
I caught some bug there, I was sick for a month.
And last photo here is my superhero Daddy building his cottage in a mountains.
He is super high, no tied up or safety or anything.
This is many, many years ago.
He always took risks.
It still actually gives me chills looking at this.
Well, I chose little bit over the top photos when it comes to stories.
These are very big moments.
It is your turn now.
You have until February 29th 2020 to submit your photos capturing a story.
People, pets, items, locations, anything goes.
Don't forget to write a little commentary so we understand what the image is all about.
And if you can, mention which camera took the photo.
You can upload the photos to ZD camera challenge facebook group.
The link is in the video description below or you can upload it to your Instagram account
and don't forget to use #zdchallenge12.
And as always the most interesting photos will be featured in the next round of creative
camera challenge.
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