The Art of Being Patient

This weekend I learned an important lesson on being patient while trying to capture the shot you really want. I knew that I wanted to take a simple portrait. Just my subject and a blown out background. I found myself shooting at 1/40th of a second with a subject that would not hold still. I tried bumping up the ISO, but I didn't want my image to be noisy so there was a limit with that. I wanted my entire subject to be in focus, which meant that I couldn't use the largest hole for my lens (1.8) I think I ended up using 5.6. So, I was stuck. Stuck with my subject in complete shade in the backyard. Stuck with an assistant that was complaining and laughing out of embarrassment, and stuck with a difficult subject that kept clawing and meowing. I took 150 useless blurry shots because of all the laughing, squirming and meowing. Then it happened, a bird flew by , and everyone froze. These were my favorite shots. Lesson Learned : Keep fighting though until you get the shot that you want. If you wait long enough, everything will come together and you will get that one lucky shot