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    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
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    • Emma Eckert's Pendants
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    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Hasselblad XPan Modification
    • Hats
    • Highway 550
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
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    • Infrared Photos
    • Infrared with a Leica M8 Camera
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
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    • Instagram
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isabro Ortega, Truchas, NM, Woodcarver
    • Isolated Trees
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    • Lowrider Show 2013 Revisited
    • Lowrider Show Story August 2012
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    • Lowriders: Vintage San Francisco Bay Area Show
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 3.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 4.0
    • Luck (or Timing) in Photography vers 5
    • Luck in Photography vers 6.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 7.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 8.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 9.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 10
    • Luck in Photography vers 11
    • Luck in Photography vers 12
    • Luck in Photography vers 13
    • Luck in Photography vers 14
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    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moody, Dark, Mysterious Photos
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    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • Murals: Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association 2024 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • Nicholas Herrera El Rito Santero
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
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    • Panoramic Mosaics
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    • Patterns in Photography
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    • Photographers
    • Photographing Lowriders
    • Pic of the Day
    • Pink Cadillac
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Polaroids of Northern New Mexico
    • Portfolio of Ten
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    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Resurrecting Film
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Road to Pedernal
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Santa Rosa de Lima Church Rluins
    • Scale in Photography
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Sequential Series Photos
    • Shadows
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    • Stand Alone Photos
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    • Storm and Rain Photos
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    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • UNESCO Creative City - Santa Fe
    • United Farm Workers
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    • Variations on a Theme
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    • Vibrant Saturated Images
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
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    • Why I Take Photographs
    • Widelux F6: First Roll
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The Importance of Timing in Photography

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The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson came up with the phrase, "The Decisive Moment." No, I'm not comparing my work to his -- two different worlds completely. But understanding timing in photography, anticipating the perfect moment when a photograph says it all, is imperative to success. I felt as if I had times the above photograph perfectly when I took it. the sun is peeking through the trees. The basketball is at the apex of its arch. The basketball player's arm is outstretched after just releasing the ball and the two other players are looking avidly at the basket, anticipating the outcome.

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To contact Bob Eckert for assignments, consultations or workshops, please email [email protected]
​or use the contact form on the About page
  • Home
  • About
  • Clients
  • Projects
    • 2022 New Mexico Treasures Calendar
    • 2022 Pic of the Day
    • 2023 Pic of the Day
    • 2024 New Mexico Treasures Calendar
    • 2024 Pic of the Daly
    • Abandoned Buildings Series
    • Abiquiu Dam
    • Abiquiu Livestock Sale
    • Adjective Challenge
    • Aerial Photos
    • Agricultural Profile: Christopher Bassettt: Freshies of New Mexico Farm, Velarde, NM
    • Aircraft - BW Portraits
    • Agriculture
    • Albumen Prints
    • Albuquerque Aquarium
    • Albuquerque, New Mexico, Murals
    • Albuquerque Sunport Lowrider Show
    • Alt Fashion
    • Alt Portraits
    • Amish, Kalona, Iowa
    • Angel in Albuquerque
    • Art-o-Mat
    • Astro Zombies Murals
    • Behind the Scenes at the Circus
    • Birds
    • Black and White Photos
    • Black Mesa, San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • ​​Book Review: "Orale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico"
    • Breakdancing (b-boying or break-boying)
    • Brothers
    • Cabezon Peak
    • Calf Canyon, Hermits Peak Fire
    • Carlton, Oregon
    • Car Portraits
    • Cesar Chavez and the UFW
    • Cell Phones
    • Cerro Pedernal
    • Chama River (Rio Chama) Overlook — New Mexico
    • Chiaroscuro: Light and Dark
    • Chicano Park Murals
    • Children Portraits
    • Churches
    • Circus Behind the Scenes
    • Classical Gas Museum
    • Close Up Photos
    • Cloud Photos
    • Colors
    • Comic Con New Mexico
    • Computers
    • Concorso Santa Fe
    • Contrast
    • Crosswalk Painting
    • Cumbres Toltec
    • Day of the Dead, Albuquerque's Marigold Parade
    • Descansos
    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
    • Detroit Street Photos
    • Dogs
    • Dragonfly Bus
    • Emma Eckert's Pendants
    • Explora Albuquerque
    • Fisheye Lens Portraits
    • Fisheye Lens Photos
    • Fisheye Lenses Discussed
    • Fog Smoke Haze in Photos
    • Gay Pride Parade
    • Ghost Ranch
    • Goggles Sunglasses and Masks
    • Goofing Around with mime Mark Wenzel
    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Hasselblad XPan Modification
    • Hats
    • Highway 550
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
    • Industry
    • Indian Market Native Costumes
    • Infrared Photos
    • Infrared with a Leica M8 Camera
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
    • Insects
    • Instagram
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isabro Ortega, Truchas, NM, Woodcarver
    • Isolated Trees
    • Isolation Photos
    • Jeff Brock and Bombshell Betty
    • John Lea's Painted Truck
    • Juxtaposed
    • Kaleidoscope Photos
    • Lady of Guadalupe
    • Landscape Photos
    • License Plates
    • Light Quality
    • Lomography Spinner 360
    • Lowriders
    • Lowrider Day Espanola, NM
    • Lowrider Show 2013 Revisited
    • Lowrider Show Story August 2012
    • Lowrider Summer
    • Lowriders: Vintage San Francisco Bay Area Show
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 3.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 4.0
    • Luck (or Timing) in Photography vers 5
    • Luck in Photography vers 6.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 7.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 8.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 9.0
    • Luck in Photography vers 10
    • Luck in Photography vers 11
    • Luck in Photography vers 12
    • Luck in Photography vers 13
    • Luck in Photography vers 14
    • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moody, Dark, Mysterious Photos
    • Moon Photos
    • Mountains
    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • Murals: Santa Fe, New Mexico
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association Award Winner
    • New Mexico Press Association 2024 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • Nicholas Herrera El Rito Santero
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
    • Olympus Pen FT Half Frame First Photos
    • Owl Cafe, Albuquerque
    • Panoramic Mosaics
    • Panoramic Photos
    • Patterns in Photography
    • Pet Store Animal Photos
    • Photographers
    • Photographing Lowriders
    • Pic of the Day
    • Pink Cadillac
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Polaroids of Northern New Mexico
    • Portfolio of Ten
    • Portraits
    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Resurrecting Film
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Road to Pedernal
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Santa Rosa de Lima Church Rluins
    • Scale in Photography
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Sequential Series Photos
    • Shadows
    • Shadows
    • Shooting Into The Sun
    • Snow Photos
    • Spanapalooza
    • Stand Alone Photos
    • Still Life Photos
    • Storm and Rain Photos
    • Street Photography
    • Sunset / Sunrise Photos
    • Sunrays
    • Surplus Love
    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • UNESCO Creative City - Santa Fe
    • United Farm Workers
    • Urban Landscapes
    • Variations on a Theme
    • Very Large Array Radio Telescopes
    • Vibrant Saturated Images
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
    • Water
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • Widelux F6: First Roll
    • Widelux Panoramic Photos
    • Working
    • WWII Reenactment
  • Archive