05/18/2013
I don't mean this to brag, but here's some insight into what a photographer does so often, because it's really not as easy as clicking a button. Take a look at the picture below. I took this in beautiful New York City in Soho while wandering around town.
I saw this picture about 3-5 seconds before it happened.
In the space of 3-5 seconds, I suddenly became aware of the two bikers coming up behind me, I decided the picture that was about to happen could be good, I composed the shot in my head and decided given my environment that it needed to be vertical, I checked for traffic and positioned myself in the middle of the intersection, I prepped focus manually, I tilted the lens to blur the trees, I dropped the shutter speed so I could blur the woman on the bike as she passed by to give the image a sense of movement, I closed the aperture down to make sure the shot wasn't overexposed as a result, and then waited for just the right moment as she passed the very narrow frame before pulling the trigger...
The average viewer's reaction? "Oh look, a woman on a bike."
*shakes head*
Photographers are an unappreciated bunch...
