September-December 2020 IELTS Speaking part2&3 Answer Analysis: The photos you have taken.
Describe a photo taken by you.
You should say:
What it is like
Where you took it
When you took it
And explain how you felt about it
I have taken a lot of photos over the years, because I’m a big fan of
photography. Years ago, before mobile phones had really good cameras, I used to
have a film camera, then a digital SLR camera, both were amazing and I loved
them. I used to take them everywhere and take photos of anything and everything.
I enjoyed taking photos of friends, of family and photos at special occasions
and events with work and with workmates. But also I have always enjoyed taking
more artistic photos – which is what I’m into these days. I like to walk around
the older areas of my city and take pictures of the older people, the
traditional street-lives they live and capture aspects of those lives in my
photographs. The photo I liked a lot was a picture of an old wooden chair
outside a hutong, with a sunflower in a pot next to it. I also like to use
different coloured and textured filters on my photos to make them more
interesting and arty and inspiring. So, there are lots of photos that I’ve taken
that I like, but the photo of that old chair in the hutongs that I mentioned
earlier, with the sunflower in the pot next to it, is the one that I like the
most. The sunlight was perfect in it, the way the shadows were, and how the
chair and sunflower were symbols of life in those old streets, when people would
often sit outside and chat to their neighbours, rather than be stuck inside tall
apartment blocks. That photo symbolized a lot to me and the people I showed it
to also thought it was a great composition – a very well-balanced photo, with a
striking contrast between the brightness of the yellow flower and the dull grey
of the hutong walls and the old brown wooden chair. So, I felt good about this
photo, as simple as it sounds. I think it was probably the best photo I’ve taken
and means a lot to me. I have framed it and put it on my wall, in fact.
Part3
1. What’s the difference between photos taken by camera or phone?
Today there might not be much recognizable difference, really, because
phone cameras are becoming so good these days. However, I think that still
proper cameras are more for professionals, and likely do a lot more, have more
settings and much higher quality lenses. Real cameras also have larger lenses so
you can get very close up shots in perfectly sharp focus, or distance shots, or
wide-angle shots if you’re taking photos of groups of people at a wedding, or
panoramic views of the countryside or a landscape. So, I think that a proper
photographer would use a proper camera rather than a mobile phone to take
professional photos. But, the world of photography has changed for everyday
people like me – we can, indeed, take really good photos simply with our phones,
and this is something that has really changed photography in the past ten years,
that’s for sure. I never could have predicted when I was in high school, that
today people would be snapping photos with their phones so easily and
efficiently. It’s funny how technology has changed so quickly over the past
decade or so. It’s amazing really.
2. On what occasions do people like to take photos?
Most people today take photos pretty much all of the time. Well, what I
mean is, is that we are now in the age of selfies and snapping mobile phone
photos of our everyday lives so much, and posting them on social media, that
people tend to document their everyday lives a lot. People mostly take photos of
themselves, nights or days out with their friends, the food they are eating for
dinner, all sorts. In fact, I’ve come to find this all rather tedious to be
honest; I don’t really need to see so many photographic updates of people’s
lives and their dinners and stuff like this. I, personally, like to reserve
taking photos for special occasions and holidays. I don’t feel the need or
desire to take photos of my daily meals! I think this recent trend of
documenting one’s daily life in photos and WeChat moments is quite egocentric
and self-absorbed. I don’t think it’s that good for people to be so
self-obsessed, and I think it’s quite pretentious, too. Maybe I’m just a cynical
person with a slightly old-fashioned view, but I’m simply not a fan of these
things. Neither am I really into social media that much – which seems to
dominate people’s lives today – I sometimes wish things were like they were a
generation or two ago when people relied on face to face interactions to share
things, not text and photo updates on their social media accounts. So, in my
opinion, nowadays, people take too many photos of too many daily things, all
about their own lives, and I’m not a fan of this trend at all.
3. How do people keep photos?
People often keep their photos on social media accounts or online or stored
on their phones or in the cloud memories of their phones. People, to be honest,
often lose a lot of their photos when their phone breaks or when they change
phones, so this can become a bit of a pointless exercise and a waste of time.
It’s ironic that the more digital technology develops, and the more we can
potentially store more and more photos, the more inclined or the more likely we
are to actually lose a lot of the photos we take. Again, I think in the past we
treasured and cherished things more when they were less accessible. Today we can
keep photos for years, unless of course our storage goes wrong or our phones
break. It’s a double-edged sword, modern technology, and often it can be
limiting as much as it is liberating. Depends how you look at it.
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