Dirty Little Secrets #1

Posted by Philip in Follow-up, Photo Philosophy

I’ve been doing the Photography Tips  one a week for almost a year now.  I easily have another year’s worth of tips before they become similar enough that they may seem like duplicates.  Other books and sites you may see will use the terms “Tips and Tricks.”  Personally I don’t feel that there are any tricks to photography.  Photography is not magic, it’s not illusion.  Some people may think we are magicians with what we can do, but anyone can make a good image.  So there are no tricks in my mind.  However, there are some dirty little secrets.

Dirty little secret #1 – press that shutter button like there’s no tomorrow.  The more images you take, the better photos you make.  Depending on the type of session, I’ll get 200-600 photos an hour.  I have my shutter set in continuous mode.  There are a couple of reasons for this.  The most obvious is you have more images to choose from.
Here are a few photos from a recent session I did.  As you can see there are problems with many of them.  Focus, composition and just some plain boring images.  But in that hour out of 204 Images I made 19 good photos the client loved.  Below is one of them.

The second less obvious reason for having your shutter in continuous mode is vibration reduction.  The second photo is generally much sharper than the first.  As well as subsequent images in that burst.  Sharp images make great photos.