Luck in Photography vers 6.0
I’ve called this series of additions to my website, “Luck in Photography,” but the series could easily be titled, “Timing in Photography.”
I called it “Luck…” since I felt there is a certain amount of luck in any photography you take. If you show up a minute too late for an event. If a friend approaches you while you are on location and distracts you at the perfect moment.
But it luck or fate shines on you, then luck has played its part and your reflexes and correct timing come into play.
Take for instance this photo I took at Lowrider Day in Española, New Mexico.
If the sky would have been a bit cloudier, the sun behind Eppie Martinez’s father’s pickup truck might not have created a sun star. So luck, in a sense, was on my side.
But timing — and exposure — had to be precise to capture the sun creating the sun star right when the truck was at its apex during the hopping contest.
I also chose the vantage point for a number of reasons other than anticipating the sun star, while everyone else was either shooting opposite me or from the side of the truck.
One of the main reasons I chose my spot was the shadows the truck, judges and spectators were creating. They seemed to focus one’s attention on the truck. The elongated figures also added a somewhat surreal look to the setting, which appealed to me.
I chose black and white since the colors in the original image seemed to detract from the impact, making the sun star less effective than it is in black and white.
I called it “Luck…” since I felt there is a certain amount of luck in any photography you take. If you show up a minute too late for an event. If a friend approaches you while you are on location and distracts you at the perfect moment.
But it luck or fate shines on you, then luck has played its part and your reflexes and correct timing come into play.
Take for instance this photo I took at Lowrider Day in Española, New Mexico.
If the sky would have been a bit cloudier, the sun behind Eppie Martinez’s father’s pickup truck might not have created a sun star. So luck, in a sense, was on my side.
But timing — and exposure — had to be precise to capture the sun creating the sun star right when the truck was at its apex during the hopping contest.
I also chose the vantage point for a number of reasons other than anticipating the sun star, while everyone else was either shooting opposite me or from the side of the truck.
One of the main reasons I chose my spot was the shadows the truck, judges and spectators were creating. They seemed to focus one’s attention on the truck. The elongated figures also added a somewhat surreal look to the setting, which appealed to me.
I chose black and white since the colors in the original image seemed to detract from the impact, making the sun star less effective than it is in black and white.
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