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As an example, at a recent event a light was at head height and shining into a group of dancers. I realised that the subject of the event was backlit by this light and would stand out from the other dancers when directly under another light and looking upward which would light their face. To get the shot required being in the right place, selecting a focal length etc. In the end I had to take about ten shots (without interrupting the dancing or directing the subject) before I was satisfied that I had captured the shot I had envisioned. In this example all the requirements for planning a shot are met but to get the shot required that I take multiple shots. Does that detract from the shot or me as a photographer? In these circumstances I think it demonstrates the point that taking a number of shots to get one you will use is not necessarily a lack of skill but perhaps the nature of the type of photography being done. She loved the image by the way
John
John, I think in situations like these you sometimes need to take more shots due to a combination of factors that make life that bit more tricky. However, this still demonstrates skill and creative vision as a photographer as you have planned a shot and strove (did I conjugate that correctl?) to capture that vision. What totally annoys me is the scattergun approach to photography, taking thousands of pictures from every conceivable angle in the hope that something will later look good. That is not skill, we are back to the monkeys with typewriters.
Creative vision and the ability to get that image onto a camera sensor is what true photography is about.
Cheers,
SSS
