Capture The Moment

Pro photographers have known for years the spellbinding capability to just capture a second when they press the shutter at the right millisecond. Occasionally such moments can be planned, and often they can’t. Occasionally they are just there, and you’ve got to snap it without thought for composition or lighting or any of the other elements everyone knows are vital 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 galvanizing is ready to occur, like the arriving of a baby, having a camera prepared for that first moment of life may 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 sometimes nothing that you may have planned or set up. Lately 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 homes were illuminated across the meadow. Bright red and green and blue and gray roof colours 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 potential that we could barely 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 an impressive 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 visualize what might be, before it really occurs. Demonstrating patience may open doors for a selection of atypically composed stills, especially if you want to attend on just the right natural light, or shade, or form or energy.

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