Pro photographers have known for years the spellbinding ability to just capture a minute when they press the shutter at just the right millisecond. Occasionally such moments can be planned, and often they can not. Occasionally they're 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 an image full of the energy of the wind when somebody or a vehicle crosses the line of sight.
Or when you know something provoking is prepared to happen, like the arriving of a baby, having a camera prepared for that first moment of life could lead to a wonderful picture. Such life moments can be caught if you are prepared with your capability and talent and apparatus.
That moment when just the right elements come together for surprising composition, is often nothing that you may have planned or set up. Latterly my partner and I escaped and spent a weekend in the mountains where, one evening at dinner, we were seated on the veranda 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 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 potential that we could hardly talk with the vibrancy of it all.
That moment wasn't planned. It just took place. Often such experiences can be imagined ahead of 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 simply manageable with a little forethought.
You can visualize what could be, before it really occurs. Demonstrating patience may open doors for a range of abnormally composed photos, especially if you would like to attend on just the right natural light, or shade, or form or energy.
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