In this first post, I’ve decided to let you into a little secret, which actually helped and even changed the way I work. That secret is
Pre-visualization.
When I was on working on assignment in Istanbul, before shooting, I tried to imagine what the city meant to me and how I could show that in my images. My love for this city in my mind was unquestionable but how would I convey that as well as tell a story. (After all isn’t that what photography is all about). In the end, I decided to try to document the polarity and the very special co-existence of the people in this great city.
For several days I walked around with this concept in mind. Then while I was sitting on a train that had stopping on a bridge that separates the traditional and modern Istanbul, I spotted this vision bingo!, I knew I’d found my shot.
So, to Summarise, imagine the perfect picture, find the right scene and then wait patiently for people to enter.
Oded
** I wish to thank Linda Burnette for helping me in writing this post**
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Thank you for this post. I do this all the time. Sometimes it works out, other times not, and then I just move onto my next vision. Some stuff just cannot be replicated at that moment and that’s disappointing but I get over it! But I always see images wherever I go and get ideas in my head for specific portrait end result looks! Cheers, I enjoy your posts! Have fun in Thailand!