Angiyena uchwepheshe. Imibono yami ngalokhu ayigxilile ekuphileni konke kokuhlangenwe nakho, futhi ngolunye usuku lapho ikhona cishe kuyodingeka ngibhale kabusha lesi sihloko. Okwamanje, ngisebenzela ukuthola isitayela sami, futhi njengoba uhambo lwami lokungena kulesi sikhungo lushintshashintsha, kanjalo nemibono yami ngalokho okwenza isithombe esihle. Umhlaba wokuthwebula izithombe zedijithali ngethulwe kuwo uhluke kakhulu ezinsukwini zefilimu lapho ubaba eqala khona. Wayenokukhetha okubili lapho ethenga ifilimu, emnyama & emhlophe, noma umbala owawumba eqolo. Vele bekunezinkampani ezahlukahlukene ezihlinzeka ngama-rolls amafilimu, kepha angingeni kulokho lapha. Okumnyama nokumhlophe bekuyinketho esobala kubathwebuli bezithombe abaningi. Ngaphandle kwalapho ubusebenza esabelweni lapho kudingeka khona ukusebenzisa ifilimu yombala, noma usebenzele ukushicilelwa okufana ne-National Geographic, ubunenqwaba yamaroli amafilimu amnyama namhlophe afakwe esiqandisini sakho.
Abathwebuli bezithombe bakuqala, ngikhuluma ngamavulandlela adutshulwa amnyama nokumhlophe. Futhi angikhulumi ngefilimu yangaphambi kwesikhathi - kodwa abathwebuli bezithombe abahle abafana no-Jacques Henri Lartigue bathwebule imisebenzi yabo ekhumbulekayo ngokumnyama nokumhlophe. Kungani? Ngoba yilokho ayenakho kuye. ULartigue wayemncane, wayeneminyaka engu-16 lapho edubula ezinye zezithombe zakhe ezidume kakhulu, wayethanda ukuzama. Ukube ubesaphila namuhla ngabe ushutha iminikelo yakamuva yefomethi emaphakathi evela ku-Fuji nase-Hasselblad. Okungaziwa kakhulu ukuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi empilweni yakhe wathwebula uchungechunge lwezithombe ezinemibala. Kuyafaneleka ukuhlola lezo futhi uqhathanise kokubili sekukonke. Banomuzwa ohluke kakhulu kubo. Ngakho-ke uma ayethanda ukuhlola i- medium, kungani engazange awusebenzise kaningi umbala? Kungenxa yokuthi, futhi bengingakwazi lokhu kuze kube muva nje - ifilimu yombala ibivame ukubiza kakhulu. Okuningi okuningi. Uma uthenge umbala, yingoba ubunokuthile engqondweni. Yayincane indawo yamaphutha. Kungalesi sizathu eziningi zezithombe zethu esizikhonzile zimnyama nokumhlophe, ngisho nangemva kokuba ifilimu yombala isinesikhathi eside ikhona.
Angiyona ingxenye yesizukulwane samafilimu. Ngolunye usuku ngingase ngifunde ifilimu ukuze ngithuthukise umsebenzi wami wezandla, kodwa ngincamela idijithali noma yiluphi usuku. Kwabanye benu laphaya lokhu kusho ukuthi ngiyingane, amakhamera edijithali kade ekhona njengoba ngikhumbula. Intuthuko yezobuchwepheshe eminyakeni yamuva nje ibishesha futhi iyamangalisa, kangangokuthi ungakhohlisa umthwebuli wezithombe ngokuphrinta okudijithali (Leso sitatimende sizoba yimpikiswano nakanjani). Into iwukuthi, uma ngifuna umbala, omnyama nomhlophe - noma iphrofayela eyisicaba ukuze ngikale kamuva, ngingenza lezi zinqumo ngokuthinta isikrini sami sokuthinta. Ngingakwazi nokwenza lezi zinqumo kokuthunyelwe ngisebenzisa isofthiwe yezithombe ezijwayelekile zekhompyutha yami - khohlwa i-Lightroom.
Inselele engibhekene nayo ukuba nezinketho eziningi kakhulu enginazo. Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, izikhathi eziningi angazi noma ngifuna okumnyama nokumhlophe noma umbala. Ngokungafani nabangaphambi kwami bezithombe, ngingaba nakho kokubili ngesithombe esifanayo. Mhlawumbe uma ngithatha isifundo sokuthatha izithombe, impendulo izoba sobala kakhulu, kodwa ngifinyelele eziphethweni zami ezimbalwa. Ngithola ukuthi izithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe zenza umsebenzi ongcono wokudala ukugqama, futhi zengeze into ye-surrealism. Asiphili emhlabeni omnyama nomhlophe, futhi lokho akusho ukuthi okumnyama nokumhlophe kwenza indawo esizungezile ibonakale kulula ukuyiqonda. Eqinisweni, sivame ukuqala ukuqaphela imigqa ejulile kanye nomumo esingase singasinaki esithombeni esinemibala. Ukube amakhabishi ka-Edward Weston athathwe ngombala ngabe nje yizithombe zesaladi lakhe. Ngombala omnyama nomhlophe athatha incazelo entsha, ukunyakaza kwezinto eziphilayo kanye noketshezi.
Umbala ungasetshenziswa ukugqamisa uthingo olumangalisayo lwemibala edalwe uphaphe lwenyoni, noma indlela indawo eguqulwa ngayo ukukhanya kwelanga okusawolintshi okujulile kokushona kwelanga. Ezithombeni zasemgwaqweni, ngithola ukuthi umbala uvame ukwenza indawo ematasa ibukeke imatasa, kodwa okumnyama nokumhlophe kungase kuzwakale njengokusho okuthile. Ayikho impendulo elula, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kukumthwebuli wezithombe ukuthi agqamise imizwa nendlela afuna izethameli zabo zigxile kukho. Ngezinye izikhathi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuhamba umuzwa wethumbu - akukho okwesayensi - ukukhetha okumsulwa nje. Ucabangani? Ingabe ukhetha ukudubula omunye phezu komunye?
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