Comments on: How to Take Great Photos Under Pressure

By: Fraser

Fraser — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:20:21 +0000

I think the Marines say:

’slow is smooth; smooth is fast’

Not Slow is fast; Fast is slow ?

Might be wrong though…Great article anyhow. Thanks.

By: Andreas Andrews

Andreas Andrews — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:50:19 +0000

Shoot film, shoot with only a (50mm) prime lens…. these are the main things that my experienced photography tutors urged us all to do at college during the first few weeks of starting the course. They are probably some of the best things you can do to improve you photography skills! Great that I am reminded of this. I think it is so very true. Keeping to the ‘… under pressure’ subject I would just like to add an SAS motto I very much liked when I heard it. The 6 P’s “Proper planning and preparation prevents piss poor performance” which has kinda already been said, but is so important!

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:33:47 +0000

I love forcing myself to use a single prime lens and nothing else. It does ensure my clothes get dirty, though :P

What’s your prime of choice, Mike?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:46:38 +0000

One other great tool is to purposly remove all but one prime lens from the bag and spend a day with that alone. It is surprising how creative the brain gets when the ability to zoom your way out of trouble is no longer available.

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By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:36:18 +0000

Indeed. In fact, I still use film. The only digital camera I own is a point and shoot for ‘happy snaps’. Handy pocket sized and all that… In this day and age it seems redundant to spend money on ‘happy snaps’ that you’ll just have to scan and blog anyway… :P

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:33:23 +0000

They managed to do action shots before digital, we can do it again! :P

By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:22:17 +0000

…well I guess action shos are an exception… But if your eye is trained for it then I guess you’d be more likely to notice it and take a fast step to the left…?

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:05:21 +0000

@Nat:

That’s true, but it still happens. Look at the famous Kent State shooting photo, there’s a fence post coming right out of that poor woman’s head.

This reminds me of the ten second rule though. Rather than take ten seconds to reflect before every purchase, take ten seconds to reflect before you click the shutter.

I’ve been trying to do this when I go photowalking by myself on Commercial Drive. I’ll force myself to spend five or ten seconds thinking about every shot. It really makes a difference.