Say Cheese – Part Duex

Apr 10, 2008

posted by Shelley

In a recent post, I supplied a few pointers on how to photograph 4-legged subjects. Now lemme tell ya — there are those human type subjects who pose an even greater challenge!

Every photographer has had a difficult subject at one time or another. C’mon — you know you have! No matter what you do, you simply can’t get a normal shot. You can’t get a shot that is candid — once you haul out the camera, they are on guard with an arsenal of ridiculous faces. You can’t get a posed shot — they are armed and REALLY prepared for those.

If you are patient (just as with pets…it ain’t easy), and keep at it long enough, you may just get one photo that the minute you see it, you know you nailed it. The photo that without a doubt is exactly what you hoped to capture…