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Making The Most Of Every Shot
Pro photographers have known for years the wondrous enchanting capability to just capture a moment when they press the shutter at the right millisecond. Occasionally such moments can be planned, and often they can’t. Occasionally they are just there, and you have got to snap it without thought for composition or lighting or any of the other elements everyone knows are urgent for quality photography.
As an example, you can plan for a picture full of the energy of the wind when someone or a vehicle crosses the line of sight.
Or when you know something galvanizing is ready to happen, like the appearance of a baby, having a camera prepared for that first moment of life can lead to a dazzling picture. Such life moments can be caught if you’re prepared with your capability and talent and equipment.
That moment when just the right elements come together for surprising composition, is sometimes nothing that you could have planned or set up. Latterly my partner and I escaped and spent a weekend in the mountains where, one evening at dinner, we were seated on the veranda of the dining room. Just as our salads were served, the sun moved from behind clouds and the brilliant metal roofs of mountain homes were illuminated across the meadow. Bright red and green and blue and grey roof colors flooded our senses as if a bucket-full of marbles had been tossed against the green and brown mountainside.
The sight was so full of energy and potential that we could barely talk with the vibrancy of it all.
That moment wasn’t planned. It just happened. Occasionally such experiences can be imagined ahead of the circumstance. As an example, you know a crop moon will be a powerful sight, and you can make arrangements for shooting it by being in the right spot at the right time. The unpredictable can be made easily manageable with a little forethought.
You can visualize what could be, before it actually occurs. Demonstrating patience may open doors for a selection of atypically composed pictures, particularly if you want to attend on just the right natural light, or shade, or form or energy.
Next, here’s more on Instant Polaroid from the Polaroid Instant Cameras blog.