Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography Lezioni 💯

Set your camera on a tripod. Focus it on your chair. Hit the 10-second timer. Sit down. Do not pose. Do not smile. Just think about the last time you cried. Or the last time you were truly bored. Or the last time you felt alone in a crowded room.

I photographed John Lennon on December 8th, 1980. I had a concept in my head: "Imagine he’s alone in a forest, but the forest is his apartment." Yoko was there. She curled up next to him on the floor. My instinct was to crop her out—to get the solo portrait for the magazine cover. annie leibovitz teaches photography lezioni

Let the camera record that thinking.

Lesson Introduction: "The Camera is an Excuse" Set your camera on a tripod

Stop scrolling through Instagram for inspiration. Look at your life. Look at your kitchen table. Look at your best friend when they don’t know you’re watching. That is your starting point. Sit down

When you meet your subject tomorrow, do not say "Say cheese." Say: "Tell me the worst thing you ate this week." Or: "If you could punch one historical figure, who would it be?"

For 90% of my career, I used one light. Just one. Because when you have two lights, you start "fixing" things. You fill in the shadows. The shadow is where the mystery lives.