婚禮攝影表現研究

Abstract

攝影經過一百八十年的發展，終究確立藝術的地位與價值。近年來因為多媒體藝術的發展，攝影以一種前所未有的方式進入到我們的生活，而婚禮是每個人一生中一輩子一次的大事 ，因此人們對於高品質影像的需求更為強烈。 近年來單眼數位相機技術成熟後，市場需求與硬體技術找到交集，因此婚禮攝影的市場就開始蓬勃發展了起來。婚禮攝影是未曾出現在攝影史上的一種派別，拍攝的內容包含了人、景、物、紀實，再加上婚禮現場複雜的各項變因，拍攝難度很高，也因此激發了本研究的動機。本文旨在探討婚禮攝影在攝影史上的定位，並嘗試就西洋繪畫、攝影的光線分析以及攝影史的分析，找出婚禮攝影的分析架構圖，並分析自WPPI（國際婚禮攝影協會）的得獎作品以進行創作。本研究透過畫意攝影、純粹攝影、紀實攝影以及繪畫及攝影的光線探討應用於婚禮攝影的拍攝上，藉以強化創作作品的想法及理論基礎。最後本研究共歸納出三項結論： (一)藉由文獻探討 具體歸納出各種光線的視覺、心理效果，以及攝影史上畫意攝影、純粹攝影及紀實攝影在婚禮上應用。一件良好的婚禮攝影作品，需要透過敏銳的觀察再加上攝影師的想像，連結內心想法與實際的外在狀況。成功婚禮攝影作品都可能擁有一項到數項的特質，並非擁有越多特質的照片就是好作品，攝影師在拍攝當下可以透過這些特質，釐清拍攝的重點或觀察的角度。觀賞者亦可透過特質的分析以進一步了解攝影師的想法。 (二)經過蒐集與分析WPPI（國際婚禮攝影協會）的得獎作品，發現不分文化種族、不分國家禮俗，成功的婚禮攝影作品搭配了現場環境、被攝物的動作、心情等等。在適當的時候，純粹攝影就能夠發揮出來，攝影師必須閩熟所有的基本技巧，再加上敏銳的觀察力、想像力、連結能力、創意、美感等，才能夠在有限的拍攝限制下創造一張獨一無二的好作品。 (三)透過攝影創作，發現到攝影思考在拍攝中佔了相當重要的角色，一般人僅會看到攝影師最終成功的作品，但無法從作品中了解到攝影思考的過程。圖2-5拍攝流程以及圖2-6的獵影理論模型幫助了在拍攝時候思考的釐清，這會幫助攝影師更融入拍攝現場，以更多元的思考面相拍攝到精采照片。Photography’s legitimate status as a form of art has been gradually solidified since its invention 180 years or so ago. Furthermore, due to the development of multi-media art in the past recent years, photography has ambled its way into the everyday lives of ours, and while weddings are considered a most essential moment in most people’s lives, the aspirations and needs for higher quality images have thus grown.

The maturing of the technology of DSLRs comes to meet this market need at the right timing, and sees the blooming of wedding photography. Wedding photography fails to fall into any traditional photographical school / category, for the photographed include a bunch of people, scenes, things and also take on a documentary quality. Also, the many uncontrollable variables on scene add to the difficulty of wedding photography. All the afore-mentioned challenges that append to wedding photography lead to the birth of this research.

This research aims to discuss the artistic status of wedding photography and is meant to compare wedding photography with western paintings in terms of the employment of lighting. It also intends to discuss the analytical compositional structures within each frame and to analyze the winning photographical works of Wedding& Portrait Photographers International (WPPI). Thru the discussion of the application of light and shadow in artistic photography, pure photography, documentary photography and paintings, this research will hopefully serve as and fortify the theoretical basis for my works.

Three consequences have thus been gained:

A. After a series of studies of the literary works in question, this research has inductively examined the visual and psychological effects of different types of lighting seen in artistic photography, pure photography and documentary photography and also its application in wedding photography. A good wedding photographical work has be capable of linking the inner thoughts with the outer circumstance by the photographer’s careful observation and imagination. And a successful wedding photographical work may have one or many qualities, though the number of the qualities it possesses doesn’t necessarily serve as the factor of success. When shooting, photographers can closely examine the angles he wishes to adopt and the objects thru those qualities. Viewers, too, can analyze and understand the thoughts of the photographers.

B. By analyzing the winning works of WPPI, it is concluded that a successful wedding photographical work is always compatible with the mood of the situation as well as the movements of the photographed, regardless of races and cultures. Pure photography will exert its power only when the photographer is familiar enough with all the basic skills, in addition to his or her sharp observation, imagination, power to associate things, creativity and aesthetic experiences.

C. Thru photography, it is found that photographical thinking plays a very important role in photographing. A good piece of work is seen at the last stage by its viewers, while the process of photographing hasn’t been in much of their consideration. Plate 2-5 that shows the process and plate 2-6 that is of the theoretical model will help to clarify the process in which thinking is required and will help the photographer to merge into the realtime situation, and lastly to take better pictures thru thinking.