How to Take Photos Like Henri Cartier-Bresson
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0:00 Intro
1:53 What makes a great photograph?
02:25: Henri Cartier Bresson's Leica Camera
02:41 What film did Henri Cartier Bresson shoot?
04:33 Cartier Bresson's camera settings
05:48 Facts about Henri Cartier Bresson
06:30 Street Portraits
08:40 Take photos like Henri Cartier-Bresson
09:58 Composition tips in photography
10:05 Leading Lines
10:35 Rule of thirds
10:49 Rule of Odds
11:30 Juxtaposition
11:55 Frame within a frame
12:12 Geometry in photography
12:20 Golden ratio / Fibonacci spiral
13:00 Never crop a photograph
13:45 The Decisive Moment
14:48 Masters of photography course
15:54 Why Henri Cartier Bresson never used flash
16:50 Photography challenge
#photography #filmphotography #henricartierbresson
I'm Frederik Trovatten and this was my "How to take photos like Henri Cartier Bresson". I hope you enjoyed it: trovatten.com/henri-cartier-b...
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer who lived from 1908 to 2004. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of photography and is often referred to as the "father of modern photojournalism."
Cartier-Bresson began his career as a painter, but soon turned to photography as his medium of choice. He is best known for his candid and spontaneous images of everyday life, which he captured with his camera on the streets of Paris and other cities around the world.
His style was characterized by his use of the "decisive moment" - that fleeting instant when all the elements of a scene come together in a perfect composition. He was a master of composition and geometry, and his images are known for their balance and elegance.
“It’s quicker than drawing.”
Especially for those of us that can't draw.
Yeah, I caught that too and loved it
That line stuck out to me, too.
Explaining to strangers that your portrait request is a photography exercise to help you improve is such a good approach. That might be the way I can work up the courage to try it myself.
Or say its for a school project....
Yes im just starting. Yet to attempt my 1st one on a complete stranger.
Love that mom's participate in your project.
So nice :)!
just wanted to say thank you for making these videos. started out with street photography about a month ago and you really bring all the important stuff across so well. also your production is really great. Love it.
I love how he whispered 'bullshit' in that woman's ear like a naughty little child who knew he was saying something bad 😂😂
Great photos!!
Haha I know! I was dying when I saw the clip and had to use it :)!
A lot of Henri Cartier-Bresson's photos had an amazing amount of simplicity
Frederik, I watched this video with interest. I had a fascinating interaction with H C-B. I did a lot of street photography inLondon and on Euro trips in the late 1980s into the 90s and, while I greatly admired Kertesz, Koudelka, Doisneau, Ronis, and Erwitt et al, H C-B was my idol. I used a Leica with B&W film. I noticed a discrepancy in one of his photos, the one with the children playing in the rubble of a ruined house in Spain (I think Seville?). In one of the photo books (I think the Aperture series - I'm can't remember now, all my books are in storage) there was crack in the wall at front on the right. But I was sure I had seen this photo without the crack. I went to the V&A museum print room and, sure enough, the print in their collection had no crack in the wall. I was a journalist at The Guardian and wanted to ask him about this for a possible story to be published so arranged with an agent to speak to the great man. This must have been in around 1990 and he was getting rather old. When asked about the "missing crack" he said the negative had been damaged when a friend kept many of his negs in a biiscuit tin under a bed during the war. At some point the crack on the neg had been repaired, he said - but he was clearly uncomfortable talking about it in terms of the original having been manipulated. I kept trying to ask more questions about it for the story and he kept switching to talking about his sketching which he said was now his passion. He seemed embarassed about the issue and I did not want to discomfit my hero any further. He told me that he hoped I would not have the story published and ended the phone call quite abruptly! I wrote the story but never put it forward for publication out of respect for his wishes. Anyway, keep up the good work with your How Tp Photograph Like... series. I love seeing you have the same passion for the great pioneers of our craft as I once had!
It's rare to read a genuinely heartfelt and passionate CZcams comment these days Fred. Then again, as a former Guardian journalist, it's no surprising. Thank you for sharing this wonderful background to a story that never hit the printing press. All the best.
I'm sure there are many among the famous (and infamous) who are discomforted by journalists' questions. After so much groundwork, it seems a shame you abandoned an important story simply because Cartier-Bresson was a personal hero. Were your ethical standards compromised by this decision? And does your CZcams revelation mean you now regret giving in to his demands?
@@gregwardnz It's a good question, Greg.First, I don't regret my decision not to publish. My interest was piqued by the idea that H C-B, whose philosophy was never to change the original image either by cropping or any other form of manipulation, might have made an exception for the "crack-in-the-wall" photo. However, the reason he gave - that of the neg being cracked while being handled roughly during storage, suggested that the crack was "painted" over simply to restore the photo to its original form. So I thought that was interesting but not revelatory enough to warrant going public with it. It is true that I was somewhat star-struck while doing the interview and felt a little sheepish about upsetting him with my questions but, in the end, the question was whether H C-B had broken his policy of never tampering with the original image and my decision was that he had not. I put it out here because I thought it would be of interest to devotees and followers of H C-B's photography but if I had to make that decision now, 30 years after the interview, I would definitely still make the decision not to publish!
@@fredhatman Thanks Fred. I note you wrote the story, so you must have thought it worthy of publication. In your original post you say the only reason you withheld the story was to avoid upsetting your hero. The reason given for the crack repair sounds genuine. But it doesn't explain HC-B's anxiety and discomfort. I'm still wondering why he would ask you not to publish details of a seemingly minor event?
@@gregwardnz I can't really answer that, Greg. He was quite cranky on the phone call and kept wanting to steer the conversation away from photography to his sketching which he said he was much preferring to do. He was pretty old at that time - I haven't worked out how old - and I just remember him saying there was no story to write about "The Crack" - and I thought he was right aas there was no evidence he had deliberately asked that the photograph be manipulated to be something other than what he had seen when he pressed the shutter. it's just interesting that in some books the photo appears with the crack in the wall and in others (certainly the print I saw at the V&A) it doesn't.
This feels like a free online class! Thank you so much for this!
This video is like a breath of fresh air to me. Thank you for making it. You leave me inspired, pumped, and ready to embrace the 50mm field of view. I disagree with your comments about your own photographs that appear in this clip. The majority of them are waiting to be enlarged and either hung on a prominent wall housed in a nice frame, or placed in a coffee table photo book of your own choosing. Scrap that. Do both. Love your work, really love this clip [standing up, applauding you]. Bravo, Frederik!
You did a wonderful job of studying Bresson and analyzing his work. I continue to be impressed with your use of the Rolleiflex 2.8! I, too, love Twin Lens Reflex Cameras. When I first started in serious photography, I photographed my parents and grandparents constantly. 50 years later, they are gone but my photos remain----photographic treasures for me. You should do portraits of your mother. She is a beautiful woman!
Fred, I really enjoyed your program. I have studied photography and the great masters. You explained the concepts in a very clear yet simple manner. Despite your humility, I really love some of the photos you took while making this documentary. Very very well done!
This video was very entertaining Frederik! As a mainly film photographer for 15 years I never really took the time to study other photographer's work or much of photography theory outside of rule of thirds, golden ratio. Maybe I can finally call myself a photographer now that I have learned a little bit about Henri Cartier-Bresson.
I love that you're always learning and growing and never acting as the absolute professional. We all have room for growth.
Love the video man. Always a good way to challenge your eye when you try to make photos in a similar way to one of the greats. Also, I always think it's so dope that you and your mom work together to produce these videos. So cool that yall can share photography and video together! Keep it up man!
This remembered my last time on Copenhaguen, you walked by a lot of places in which I created lots of special moments, brings me back a lot of good memories.
The photos were awesome, thank you for this video ❤️
My favourite series on youtube. I wish for many more of these!
Dude you're back! Hell yeah!!! Always love your street walking photography videos, hope your move went well and glad to see you back my brother!
Awesome video. I really appreciate you mentioning it takes a trained eye to recognise you took a good photo. Also the music was on point.
One on Fan Ho would be interesting.
Yes!!!!!
that would be amazing!
Yes, please!
Couldn't agree more here!
Emphatically agree!
Loved every minute of it! When billions of photographs are taken every day, it is rare to find someone who makes me think it is worthwhile to get out and take some more photographs! So thanks for that! I've tried to think of another photographer for you, but have failed.
thanks so much for making this cool video about Henri, such a stunning work he's made.
Yes! You're back! My vote goes to Saul Leiter for the next one in this series. And that photo of the cyclist and the man split by the stairs is stunning, love it.
This was like the perfect mix of entertainment and education.... Great video!!!
Thanks a lot Dan! Really appreciate it!
Well said - agreed. :)
Love the editing style of this video! Very calming. It's fascinating to see what different photographers can make out of a scene. Feeling inspired!
Outstanding presentation. You are a great instructor. Very patient, and you provide excellent examples for the points you wish to cover. This was a valuable tutorial. Thank you for your unselfishness in making it.
In college Henri was my muse. We were allocated 4 rolls Tri-X per week and one roll of Ektachrome. During the Paris riots he shot a minimum number of photos over 4 days, but each one told a story and was used in Paris Match... other photographers would shoot thousands of frames with their motor driven Nikon Photomics or F’s.
It was so nice to see Copenhagen through your eyes with Cartier-Bresson in mind. I've taken so many photos of the city already but I often don't like my photos enough. I'll try to take advantage of this things you mention next time I'm out in KBH.
How did I miss this! Welcome back my friend! Glad you’re putting more videos out
Thank you for this video. You covered several important points and even sparkled my need to take some photos this weekend.
Cheers
You're back! We missed you 😉. Love this series, please keep them coming!
Yes! This video killed me haha.. I went out for 10 hours over 3 days to get these photographs hah.
Thank you, that was my first time watching your channel and I must say it was very entertaining and informative. You are very good at relaying the work of the great photographers, you inspire me.
Truly a wonderful video coupled with beautifully composed shots! This has really inspired me to revisit photography with more of an artistic approach. Thanks!
Sich a great video! Keep em coming
Your enthusiasm and insight is always so much fun to watch. Great photos - so much to learn from HCB!
Thanks Hunter!
Absolutely magnificent, every one of your photos is a masterpiece! Far from it for me to say, but I believe H.C-B would be proud of any one of those!!
Your passion for photography is infectious, it's great! Eventhough you are a fast speaker, for some reason you are easy to follow.
loved the insight
beautifully done
looking forward to the next location
Sebastião Salgado has to be one of my favorite photographers. He's the only one who's made me cry, more than once, with his work.
His works on the Kuwait warfare and the Tutsi genocide are both raw and impressive. Great photographer and great Brazilian.
That shot with the two guards was great!
Thanks Wesley! Appreciate it!
I always learn a lot from your videos. Thank you so much!
Such a joy to watch this video! Thanks for the lessons.
It’s always humbling to try a different style and see how you failed miserably compared to a master you tried to emulate. Humbling and encouraging to try, try and try once again. Never stop learning, in anything you do. Oh, and you actually did really good Frederick!
Couldn’t agree more! Humbles me haha! Thanks a lot!
Try working with what you have! Why try to copy a great? No rewards! No honor! Good luck. Ps. This is what I tell everyone. Never compare yourself to others!
When I started I found inspiring in imitation. It was a good way to try tools and materials.
A really great, educative video Frederik. I love your self deprecating attitude. However, you are a photography scholar, capable and modest. The humour is also appreciated. More please Sir.
Thanks a lot for the kind words John! Much appreciated!
Good video especially your candid reaction to your own feelings about your pictures. The search for good photos falls short so often it’s good not to feel alone.
An outstanding representation of Henri Cartier Bresson. Congratulations and thank you for this most informative documentary.
I think he said one of the truest statements about why I love photography, "It's faster than drawing." I loved to draw when I was younger but now I love photography because I can either shoot the image I want or shoot the basis for the image of art I want to create.
Photography is great for those who can't draw a square properly, like me.
Well, It’s been a while since your last video! Welcome back!
Thank you!
Awesome video! Welcome back, I look forward to your videos, thanks for being here to inspire my photography.
This was such a fantastic video! You married the instruction and examples well. Thank you. Loved your images, too.
Great to see, in 2021, a man go out to shoot with a Rollei! Still a beautiful-looking camera, that looks like a camera!
Great topic, and I like your results!
If you read the recently released Aperture book of his interviews, he mostly shot Ilford HP4 (rated at 250 at the time), f/11 and 1/125s. Several of his famous photos were shot with a 35mm or a 90mm, which he also carried. He preferred overcast days as he didn’t like photographic “effects”.
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M8 he used TriX
@chqngolion1777 have you read his interviews? He says Ilford. Maybe he used tri-x when he couldn't get other film. I don’t think he was dogmatic about it.
I loove this series!!
Good to see again one of the best places on this planet.! Miss you Copenhagen...
The happiness and joy you photograph with it's so heartwarming.
12:20 Sigma's new fp and fp L cameras have a whole host of framing options, and one which is unique to their system may be the Golden Ratio, I think. It's called 'A' and refers to a ratio with the square root of 2 just as is found in ISO standards of A4 paper and A1 film posters etc. I think that part of the idea is to print onto A3/A4 without any waste. I'd really like to try it.
So glad to have found this channel. Very interesting and inspiring.
Great video. I love Bressons work and you did a great job of breaking down some of his techniques.
The photos are amazing! I’d love to take a master class from you one day :)
Frederik, huge thank you for this awesome video. I learned a lot and hope to get out tomorrow and shoot a film.
I stumbled in this great video. What a revelation for me. I didn't visit Copenhagen while in the Air Force during the 60s. Made it to Holland and England as well as France. I have learned that my ancestors were from Denmark. Had I known this then I certainly would have visited. I started photography in 1966 with a Nikon F. Now use digital. Your video is extremely inspiring. So happy to have found your work. Many blessings and keep up the good work. JR
When I teach photography classes I try to emphasize how important composition is. Include that with that one moment of expression that helps tell you about the person or the situation and you should get a great photograph. As a photojournalist there was always a moment that would tell a story. That picture would represent a million words.
I did a lot of photojournalism while working on the base newspaper in the U.S. Air Force. The class I took before heading off to my next base taught a lot about composition. I feel people should take a photojournalism class to get the basics of composition and cropping for the best effect. Photos have to tell a story and support a story to work.
@@bondgabebond4907 when I taught the classes I told everybody the most important thing was composition. Some people naturally have it. Others don't. But the basic rules can.
@@jayfromaz : Just keep looking at photos of people, places and things and you will get the hang of it. Some people can draw, some can't. In photography, you can. There are simple rules to follow. Try a subject, a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, child and just have fun messing with them. Have them do things you would consider crazy, like making faces, pouting, smiling, dead face, tilt up, tilt down, just anything and laugh. Look at the pix on a good size monitor and see what you come up with.
Sorry I can't remember the rules, but you can find them on the web. I learned this stuff around 1976 and spent the next 10 or so years photographing everything from people to airplanes in the Air Force, working on the base newspaper. Lots of practice, lots of choosing and criticism. Eventually I got the knack. What I find is that when friends and family, having them do crazy things, like sticking fingers in ears and giving me a funny face is really fun. You learn to bring life to a subject. Kids are even more fun. Catching them in the act is rewarding. I got one of my grandson with two deflated balloons hanging out of his mouth and looking very serious. I will keep that and threaten him exposure when he is much older.
Since you are using a digital camera, you are not wasting film and expending money of development. Consider that a plus.
A reason for photography is keeping a visual record of life. It will become more valuable as time goes on. I will always have a photo of me at the DMZ between North and South Korea. That's why you should shoot.
do an Eggleston and Saul Leiter shoot like
What makes a great photograph is that a photographer composed it well for the first time before everyone else.
This series is awesome. I lerned a lot of it. Thank you and keep going 🤍
Great video! Would love to see one on Garry Winogrand.
I love Saul Leiter.
He shot color when that wasn’t considered artistic. I love when he creates large areas of negative space. He had a passion for umbrellas, especially red ones. I see in B&W so it is liberating to see and use color.
Saul would be a good perso to look at and learn how to shoot like him.
Mask on Nurse Marty
Steven Shore
Saul
Very valuable work. We thank you for your sharing, for your humble insights and BTW for your incredible photo images. You are indeed a professional.
This was inspiring! Thank you, Frederik.
I am speechless with your video!!! I would like to see you taking photos like Josef Koudelka maybe!
Thank you so much! Josef is noted!
@@FTrovatten Perfect! I can't wait!!
Nice one, the thing that makes him so good with composition is that the horizon is never or almost never there. There is no infinity, it's all there, no horizon!
This is a very instructive video. Thanks. Love Henri!
one of your best! great, keep it coming....thank you
I didn’t know that HCB used composition as we always hear about the decisive moment. Thanks for telling me about something new about him.
When I hear the name Denmark, it reminds me of Danish cheese. The most delicious cheese in the world.
I am really digging your "how to take" videos. well done, entertaining,thoughtful and educational. i just joined a photo club and there is a lot to learn! thank you for what you do!
Great great video mate. Well produced and very entertaining to watch.
Kunne være fedt med Elliot Erwitt version af "How ot take photos like".
Den er i min top 3 over næste videoer. Fantastiske billeder!
Just an idea:
Before becoming a photographer, HCB studied painting.
Perhaps if we studied those master painters work (like Poussin), we could try to guess how those influenced HCB.
Henri Cartier is indeed a best street photographer of all time. Legend !!!!!!!!
I love your point of getting out of your comfort zone with shooting. Gordon Parks and James Van Der Zee would be two great legends to do next.
Very nice video!
Henri Cartier-Bresson is a very good photographer, but you should keep in mind the following ...
1) He has been working professionally in photography for almost 40 years. So he took pictures every day and traveled to various locations, which gave him a lot of opportunities. When you keep that in mind, he doesn't have that many good photos (quantitatively).
2) In his time, the competition was far less, fewer people were involved in photography at all, let alone professionally. It was easier to become famous and travel even more (some research says that in the first 2 years when the camera appeared on the mobile phone, more photos were taken than a total of 100 years before).
Today, people are oversaturated with images. As a result of the large number of people involved in photography, the criteria have fallen sharply.
I believe that today there are as many good photographers as Bresson, if not better ones, who have a "top image" almost on a daily basis or at least on a weekly basis, and they will remain complete anonymous in the sea of photographs ...
PS just be your own. My biggest compliment was when someone said "I knew it is your photo"
I would love a "How to Take Photos like Fan Ho"
Fabulous photos, love the shapes, forms and compositions
Really well articulated videos Frederik. Made me re discover HCB after a while , bravo !
It would be interesting to do an artist like Matisse or Picasso, how would you photograph like they paint for instance? David Hockney's photograph collages were interesting and show how he saw things...
Thank you! I learned a lot!
Very fun and inspiring. So much to learn and enjoy. This is a very nice entryway. Thank you
my favorite video of yours yet! keep it up
I love this series - thank you subscribed!
The woman out the window actually made me smile. Your work speaks its own language.
this is so good... really inspiring me to follow each episode and as a study, just go out and try to shoot like, to exercise my creativity, to force me to think outside my box! Amazing work... and incredibly didactic and super enjoyable to watch...
Tak Frederik det er en fantastisk inspirerende video, som jeg kan bruge til både fotografiet og billedkunst.
Very informative video with a nice vibe! Well done!
Jane Bown. One camera, one lens, one setting. Amazing results.
You do excellent work, my friend. Keep it up.
Great video, really enjoyed it and it has sparked my interest to do a bit more street photography again.
This is so entertaining to watch. Thank you!
Thanks for making this videos. They are fun and motivational to pick up the camera and go out to take pictures. The amazing with H-C Bresson is his philosophy about photography. I know that his photos are legendary and I always watch and study them but his writings are also important. Is a way to understand better on how Bresson looked and observed the world around him. The book "The Mind's Eye" has a lot of his notes and thoughts on photography and his ethics and philosophy in general. Great job again on trying to understand and break down Bresson! I 'll wait for the next episode!
If you don't mind a suggestion I would love to see TPL Elliott Erwitt.
Excellent! Loving your channel! Thank you for all your work and effort! Greetings from Scotland.
Great video (series). It‘s inspiring me to go out again and try to „see different“.
Thoroughly enjoyed and learnt a lot. Quality work
Great video F! Like your realism showing your not so great moments like the shot of the guy on the bike that wasn’t isolated. We can relate those things happen. Love anarchist Allan! Love the Henri photo analysis