I dropped my wife near her party site, and started wandering in the city. To tell the truth, this wandering was just my purpose to visit this city. Onomichi City is known for its narrow and winding slopes with the nostalgic atmosphere of pre-modern times. Its terrain is also distinctive and attracts most visitors, so the city has been used as a filming location in several movies. What I wanted to do in this city was the shooting of ordinary streets.
Haven't you seen emotional pictures, whose subjects were simply conventional streets or ordinary people, for example in magazines? Common scenes seen in daily life will be shaped into artistic works by professional photographers. I wondered how they cut out common scenes into great pictures. I, who had just got a single lens reflex camera, would never be able to shoot pictures like professional photographers, but I just wanted to try it. I had already applied for a shooting workshop which is scheduled two weeks later. This wandering was, as it were, a self-training of shooting.
However, while walking in the town, I was not able to figure out what to shoot. I took pictures of the scenery, plants, paths, folk houses, and shrines, but I didn't get even a single picture for my satisfaction. I'm going to learn at least a few secrets of picking subjects of shooting.
で、カミさんを同窓会の開かれるレストランのそばでおろしてからは尾道散策。実はこれが今回の一番の目的。この町は狭い坂道が多いことで知られる風光明媚な土地。誰もが一度訪れると虜になる。数々の映画の撮影も行われた。この街で何をしたかったか。それは、『街角撮影』。
何でも無い普通の風景がプロの写真家に手に掛かると芸術的な写真になる。風景の切り取り方が素人とは違うのだろう。一眼レフカメラを手にしたばかりの自分に独創的な撮影は無理だが、それでも自分なりに風景を切り取ってみようと思い、軽装で坂道を歩き回った。実は２週間後にプロの指導を受けることになっている。その練習を兼ねて尾道の街を歩いた。
しかし、実際に歩いてみても、どこをどのように撮影したら良いのか全くわからない。カメラの設定を変えながら、風景、植物、街並み、家、神社などを撮ってみたが気に入った物は一枚もなかった。ワークショップで何か一つでもコツを掴みたいと思う。
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