Comments on: Anticipating Great Images https://digital-photography-school.com/anticipating-great-images/ Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials Tue, 03 Aug 2021 01:11:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Martin Kull https://digital-photography-school.com/anticipating-great-images/comment-page-1/#comment-658287 Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:27:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/?p=57505#comment-658287 Street photography is all about capturing the moment and the interaction of people. Rarely you can plan that in advance. However, for me street photography can also be people interacting with the surrounding city and then it becomes a bit easier to anticipate the shot and to plan ahead. As an example I saw this store front with display dummies for pantyhose. After selecting the right lens and the right camera settings I could just wait for people to fill the frame and to capture different stories: http://contextphoto.com/albums/street-bw/content/street-legs-7/

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By: robbyGregg https://digital-photography-school.com/anticipating-great-images/comment-page-1/#comment-612322 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 04:30:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/?p=57505#comment-612322 this anticipation of some magic moment also applies to people photography. You look at a scene of people interacting with each other, and if you are observant enough, you somehow sense that something interesting, worthy of capturing in a photograph, is about to happen – it gets particularly interesting when children are involved. You sense that moment is about to happen, frame and compose the shot, then fire away when it happens (the quick response of a DSLR is critical here). Sometimes you get multiple interesting shots, one better than the previous one, capturing the emotion of the moment. And when the planets of Subject Matter, Composition, Lighting and Exposure are perfectly aligned, you get that warm Norman Rockwell scene you’ve always wanted to capture …

maybe this is because we’ve seen that “pattern” before with our photographer’s eye, in previous photographs or in our mind. Or maybe, we humans are just wired to be “emotionally aware” of the group we are in (hence Emotional Quotient). The key is to be observant, perceptive and patient, a secret ingredient in our trade that reflects our view of the world and inevitably manifests in our photographs.

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By: Alex https://digital-photography-school.com/anticipating-great-images/comment-page-1/#comment-612187 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:01:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/?p=57505#comment-612187 With the other, you’re, you’re looking for something that might You have YOU’RE twice.

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By: Ted https://digital-photography-school.com/anticipating-great-images/comment-page-1/#comment-612119 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:13:00 +0000 https://digital-photography-school.com/?p=57505#comment-612119 Anticipation is great advice since it really influences the composition. Knowing the event also allows this to happen such as in sports to anticipate the action. Also, I like to “go back”. Knowing the scene ahead of time and then planning the right time for the shot will give the best opportunity. I also like to visualize ahead of time of what I want to shoot so I know when to fire the shutter. If I want to really plan it out I will use some resources like the website http://www.gaisma.com which will give you the path of the sun at any time of the year in any part of the world. Thanks for posting this article to give us a chance to remember this important concept.

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