We’ve all done it. We have great intentions and then a happy accident happens to make us smile, even if our original intent doesn’t quite hit the mark.
The other evening I grabbed the camera thinking I saw a photo opportunity. As I was checking my settings, I noticed the pre-focused (blurred) version appealed to me. So I clicked the shutter but wasn’t sure that was really going to be what I wanted even though I liked the mystery of it.
So I continued on by focusing and experimenting to see what kind of composition might work.
I was getting close to what I had envisioned but thought the light was a bit too bright. I made a couple minor adjustments and then, it happened.
The masked bandit, Heidi, came looking to see what I was up to. Not one to miss an opportunity that’s standing right in front of me, I moved the camera up to include her and caught this delightful moment.
Isn’t that really what photographing is all about — capturing moments? Indeed.
What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.
Karl Lagerfeld
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oh, wow, what a fine result of Heidi in the doorway
I love moments which are sporadic or unexpected, not planned or posed, like many composition. A delightful moment, indeed captured! And your exposure level was perfect for this shot so that Heidi didn’t appear as a silhouette.