… Like a Box of Chocolates …
September 19, 2007 | Filed Under ambient light, headshots | Leave a Comment
As Forrest Gump’s momma used to say, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get.”, well the same goes with photography.
Yesterday I was out shooting a boy’s soccer game for the Baltimore Examiner. Before the start of the game I was shootin’ the breeze with Examiner sports writer Sean Welsh. I haven’t seen Sean in a while and we were catching up on what was going on with each other.
The girls at the scoring table noticed me with my camera and started shouting to take their pictures. I am surprised how often I get asked, when shooting sports for the media, to take pictures of people in the stands, sidelines, etc. I was about 50 feet away from the scorer’s table, but I did have my trusty 120-300mm lens and proceeded to snap a few images of the girls. In the back of my mind I’m thinking, “ok, these will go right into the rejected bin”, for as hard as it is to believe, the paper wants images from the actual game.
When I got home and began to go through my images to select the shots to submit, I was pleasantly surprised to see the image above. Other than the white scorer’s table in the background, this shot looks as though it was taken during a photo shoot.
Hmmm, maybe I should just have clients show up at football and soccer games and take their pictures during timeouts.
Oh, by the way, Fallston defeated Dulaney 3-2.
Patience, Patience Patience
September 8, 2007 | Filed Under kids | Leave a Comment
For those that don’t normally photograph young’uns, I’ve got news for you — it’s not that easy. Well, it’s very simple to take pictures, but where the difficulty lies is in getting good pictures.
Unlike teenagers or adults, these little ones have no idea what photography is all about let alone listening to posing suggestions. You’ve got to let them be themselves and be ready to capture those great moments.
The one thing I set my mind to when going out to photograph little ones is patience. Knowing in advance that you most likely won’t be able to pose the child exactly as you wish and get that spontaneous smile or funny face, allows me to treat the photo shoot like a sporting event — and I LOVE sports!
If you’ve got other tips, I’d be glad to hear them.