Photographing the “Decisive Moment” »
By Ed Snyder on Aug 6, 2008 in Photo of the Week, Featured, Tips for Beginners, Composition Tips, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
One of the oldest photographic compositional tricks is to choose your setting and wait for a subject to enter into it. Set your shutter speed, aperture, and focus ahead of time, and just wait for that decisive moment when something enters the frame to complete the picture. You can even mount the camera to a tripod some distance away from yourself, then trigger the shutter release with a remote cable (or wireless remote) whenever you choose. That way, the subject never even suspects having been photographed! Sounds simple. Should produce an instant masterpiece, right? Read the rest

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