He was the fifth runner to come down the middle when the sun was out!
I see it all the time. It might be when someone submits a photo in one of my online classes with the BPSOP, or when I’m walking with one of my fellow photographers that is with me in my “Stretching Your Frame of Mind” workshops I conduct all over the place.
It might be the sun that has just gone behind a cloud putting everything in a less than desirable light. What will happen is that instead of the photographer looking up to see when the sun will come out they will invariably walk away from a potentially great photo op that needed light to pull it off. Of course, it is quite possible that the same photographer wouldn’t have a clue about the value of light and the way it affects the environment around him/her; that would really be a bummer!
What I see the most is the photographer just missing a person walking or maybe riding a bicycle down a street, path, beach, road, and the frustration knowing that he missed it clouds the mind and then not even consider the possibility of another person coming soon after.
Another common scenario is when a person or persons creates a situation where a gesture or some type of body language happens too fast for someone to raise his or her camera up to their eye to capture it. Never fear, the probability of that person repeated it is on your side. I’ve been shooting for fifty-three years and I’m here to tell you to not bet the farm that it won’t happen again…only maybe this time it will even be better.
Whatever you do, do give up, do ‘t quit then walk away. Give it a chance and the chances are you won’t be sorry for spending the time. Remember that the easiest part of taking pictures is clicking the shutter. The part that leads up to it takes time, energy, and work.
Visit my website at www.joebaraban.com, and check out my workshop schedule at the top of this blog. come shoot with me sometime.
JoeB
