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 |
Building a 'dramatic' flash image indoors
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*Sometimes it's the easiest of pictures that give us the hardest of times.*
*Take the above photo of Robin for instance. At first glance it seems a
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12 years ago
They say patience is a virtue - in photography it's a MUST! Congrats on your tenacity, as it really paid off - these shots are very nice!
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ReplyDeleteLove your kitty photos. Patience comes in handy when taking pet photos. Cats see the camera lens and they just have to poke their nose at it. I think they want to tell you to drop the camera and pet them.
Dorothy