25 Jul 10 Capture The Moment

Pro photographers have known for years the spellbinding ability to just capture a moment when they press the shutter at the right millisecond. Occasionally such moments can be planned, and regularly they can not. Occasionally they are just there, and you have to snap it without thought for composition or lighting or any of the other elements we all know are urgent for quality photography.

As an example, you can plan for a photograph full of the energy of the wind when someone or a vehicle crosses the line of sight.

Or when you know something provoking is prepared to happen, like the arrival of a baby, having a camera prepared for that first moment of life could 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 often nothing that you may have planned or set up. Recently my partner and I escaped and spent a weekend in the mountains where, one evening at dinner, we were seated on the porch of the dining room. Just as our salads were served, the sun moved from behind clouds and the brilliant metal roofs of mountain houses 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 potency that we could hardly talk with the vibrancy of it all.

That moment was not planned. It just happened. Often such experiences can be imagined before 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 controllable with a little forethought.

You can imagine what may be, before it really occurs. Demonstrating patience may open doors for a variety of unusually composed pictures, particularly if you need to attend on just the right natural light, or shade, or form or energy.

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