CHAPTER 8Shooting People and Objects
Images should not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.
—Duane Michals, Photographer
While shooting can be a simple process, camera operators and directors must be very intentional in order to shoot the subject in a way that attracts the audience’s attention, holds their attention, and communicates the message effectively (Figures 8.1 and 8.2).