When The Photo is Good, It's Good

Well it's true, when your photo is Good, It's Good what ever genre you have, whether journalism, documentary,  nature, portrait, glamour, etc. Well there is no exact formula what good photo is, but there is the rule of that and in my opinion those rules are : Sharp, Appealing Composition, Good Contrast, Strong Emotion and Story Telling, and Eye Catching. I will simplify that in my own sentence as : Emotional, Neat, and Epic.

How to achieve that? Simple but hard : take photo as often as you can, look other stunning photograph and learn how they do that (learn the composition, lighting situation they choose, the composition), then compare that work to your work and becoming mean to your self because as Henri Cartier Bresson said : "Your first 10,000 photos are your worst". There's nothing instant, even you have the most expensive camera and the most expensive "tack sharp" lens you have it doesn't make you a good photographer in just one night or event months, it took years of experience. Be patient and always critique your self or ask other to critique you, and slowly but sure you will have your work better and better (never trust those course or youtube channel that promise you can take better picture fast, that is totally bullshit!!).

As your skills developed, there's the time when you will develop your own style, so people will recognize you. Do you see Magnum Agency Photographer work or Noorimages Photographer work? See by your self and learn each photographer work, you will sense their style, that style that will differentiate your work from other photographer, again this is not going to happen in just one night, month, nor year, it take YEARS of Practice, Practice, Practice, Mistake, Mistake, Mistake, and Learn by that Mistake.

So When The Photo Is Good, It's Good Amigo!! But It just not happen in one night, year, or month, it will take a lot of practice and years of experience. Yes there's every body photographer nowadays but not All of them will become
really good photographer. Those really good photographer are who gave their commitment and time to make GOOD PHOTO!! And as I write this, I also still learning how to make GOOD PHOTO!

Example of my work for my client.

What is a photo essay?

What is a photo essay?

Simply put, a photo essay is a way of telling a story through a series of photographs, by
one photographer, and may be as little as three or four images or as many as 20-30 or even
more. A picture story, on the other hand, is usually a series of photographs by two or more
photographers.
The images in a photo essay are ordered in a specific way, often chronologically or as a
series, with the aim of engaging the viewer’s emotions as well as their mind. Captions
may be used to help the audience understand the individual images but the text is always
subordinate to the pictures. In other words, the images do not illustrate the text, the text
supports the images.
The sequencing of a photo essay is often, but not always, ordered in such a way that a
narrative evolves, much the same way as a narrative in a spoken or written story evolves.
Documentary photographers and photojournalists often use the photo essay to show how
events have unfolded, to convey strong emotions and engage the viewer in interesting
concepts. James Nachtwey, Mary Ellen Mark, Sebastião Salgado and Peter Magubane are
documentary photographers who have all used the photo essay to great effect.
So try to think of the photo essay as being something like a theatre piece. The images have
actors and a setting in which events unfold. As the photographer, you are the director and
can choose which actors you want in your story, which scenes you want include, and how
you will arrange them. The choices you can make are limitless.

                          Example of my essay work : www.wix.com/donalhusni/photostory

Selling Photo

I am on the process sequencing my black and white film photos and scan it, afer years of taking photograph here and there. I still don't know what to call it. But its on going now. Here's the example of the photo.

Saya Kerampokan Senilai 39 Juta dengan cara "Sirep" melalui Modus "Cash on Delivery"

Tanggal 8 oktober 2013 ini, di RS Usada Insani Tangerang, saya baru saja terkena tipu oleh dua orang yang mengaku ingin membeli kamera saya.

Mereka berhasil menggondol Canon EOS 5D MII, 16-35mm F2.8 dan 70-200 F2.8 Non IS, dan Flash 600 EX yang rencana saya mau jual seharga 39 juta, dengan mengaku sebagai dokter di rumah sakit tersebut, salah satu pelaku membawa barang saya dengan alasan akan di bawa ke ruangan dia untuk di periksa, anehnya saya pada saat itu tidak menaruh curiga sedikitpun dan setengah jam kemudian saya baru tersadar ketika barang saya sudah di bawa pergi oleh mereka.

Untuk No Seri mesin 16-35mm F2.8 II : 2103606936

Sementara yang lain saya tidak hafal karena ada di kartu garansi yang sudah saya taro di box masing-masing.

Mohon bantuan teman-teman bila ada yang melakukan transaksi penjualan untuk barang-barang di atas dapat memberitahukan ke saya. Saya sudah melapor ke Polsek Cipondoh, dan bersama dua reserse di sana sudah melakukan olah TKP dan mendapatkan gambar CCTV dari dua pelaku tersebut.

Terima kasih untuk bantuan dan kerjasama teman-teman yang baik. Terimakasih juga untuk Anhari Lubis dan Hasiholan dengan sarannya untuk melapor ke polisi, dalam kondisi panik saya benar-benar tidak tau harus bagaimana, karena harta saya cuma di barang-barang tersebut yang sekarang hilang entah di mana.

Terlampir Foto barang yang hilang dan foto CCTV dari para pelaku.

Mohon statusnya jangan di like.......lagi bersedih masa di like......membantu share ya...semoga dengan makin banyak yang share..tu barang bisa ketemu. Thank you.

My New Photography Service

In this "all photographer" world I just have to push my self to get better and better in photography. But mastering photography is not helping without having good marketing and idea.

So, I change my strategy in to something new in the "field". I call it "All in One Service" for those  who don't understand how to maximize the Social Media Using their Photo Product.

What I do is helping the client to photograph their product or service and then also helping them how to deliver it through their prospective buyer and existing client using the social media and blog.

Wala!! My first client :

Then I created the blog for her : http://mutiafarianioptik.wordpress.com

Hope her product will gain more sales after I help her.

With this new strategy, hopefully I can get more client who want to use my service.


Happy Client!! Happy Photography!!

Donal Husni

What is Good Photo Documentary?

The question that rise in our head who like Photo Documentary, what is good and what is bad? Some will say the good photo documentary is when you don't have to explain when see the photo, the people who look at it will not asking any question, they will understand what is the meaning of the photo, but some other will say a Good Photo Documentary is when it's appeal by the artistic taste and also make people understand for what is the meaning of the photo, and the communication that the photographer want to communicate is understandable by the people who look at the photo.

Well it's for others opinion, but for me, a good photo documentary is when people will act to help the person at the photo or make people do "the act for good for human" after see the photo. That what make photo documentary become an interesting thing to do. But to make a good photo documentary is something else issue that really need good knowledge about the scene that we want to photograph and also understand well about the equipment that we use so that we can communicate about what we want in a very good composition, lighting, and also the sharpness of the photos.

And for you, what is Good Photo Documentary in your point of view? Free to comment at the bottom of this blog.

Regards
Donal
Free Lance Photographer
www.wix.com/donalhusni/photostory