Besides the great feeling of unwrapping a new camera that you've waited so long to get, what are those other best moments for you as a photographer?
Posted by Jim Erhardt on September 15, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Lining up that awesome shot, pressing the shutter button and NOT having the NO MEMORY CARD warning flash on the LCD!
Posted by Nathan Buck on September 15, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Not necessarily seeing a great shot pop up on the LCD, but seeing it on the computer monitor. Then making sure that I did not have the ISO too high, or the shot quality too low, or...
Nathan
Posted by Erik Stensland on September 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Taking a risk with the weather or a remote location and being rewarded with something spectacular.
Posted by Jim Salge on September 15, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Putting down the camera in the middle of a shoot in a spectacular location to truly take in the moment!
Posted by Lee Daniels on September 15, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Witnessing an exquisite moment that captured your heart and would have remained in your memory no matter what, but finding you had a camera in hand ...
Posted by Buck Ward on September 15, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Seeing a picture in atrocious light. Setting up to make the picture anyway, without a meter. Setting the exposure using sunny16 rule with estimated compensation. Doing a little jig when you see the developed transparency. Taking first place when you enter the print in the first contest you ever entered.
In other words, making a good photograph when the odds are against you.
Posted by Lon Overacker on September 16, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Mohsen,
That great feeling of unwrapping a new camera, piece of gear or whatever is only fleeting to me. Besides, most of the equipment I buy (LF) is used anyway, but regardless, that feeling of excitement lasts much less than the build up waiting to receive it.
The best moments are those moments that you capture that will remain with you for your entire lifetime. Regardless of what equipment was used to capture them, having recorded those moments in time forever and being able to recall them, are the best moments for me. Even today, an image captured 20 years ago gets brought to the forefront of my mind every time I see that image. I get to re-live all those wonderful moments while photographing nature and the great outdoors.
Lon
Posted by Austin Booth on September 16, 2009 at 1:43 AM
As others have said in other ways already when you take a shot which looks great on the LCD but you try not to get your hopes up because sometimes LCD screens can be deceiving. You get it home and open it up on the computer and it still looks great. Then you work a little post-processing magic on it and it ends up being one of your best shots.
unwrapping a new camera means not much to me, really.
but having a nice hot coffee, sitting in the warming morning sun somewhere in the wild after having been up and out in the cold and dark and having experienced a magic sunrise - can't beat that feeling!
georg
Having found my composition an hour before I expect the light to get good, sit and relax, read a book, and drink some tea while watching light unfold. And occasionally hitting the shutter. I hate running around like a crazy person trying to find a composition when the light is right.. though there is some excitement in that.
Posted by Guy Tal on September 16, 2009 at 8:07 AM
I do enjoy unwrapping a new camera every now and then but to me photography is all about capturing my own experiences doing what I love:
Posted by Jagdeep Rajput on September 16, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Some of my best moments are those, when I anticipated somthing to happen and it does take place before my camera, captured perfectly to be relished by everyone.
Jagdeep Rajput
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12 repliesNathan
In other words, making a good photograph when the odds are against you.
That great feeling of unwrapping a new camera, piece of gear or whatever is only fleeting to me. Besides, most of the equipment I buy (LF) is used anyway, but regardless, that feeling of excitement lasts much less than the build up waiting to receive it.
The best moments are those moments that you capture that will remain with you for your entire lifetime. Regardless of what equipment was used to capture them, having recorded those moments in time forever and being able to recall them, are the best moments for me. Even today, an image captured 20 years ago gets brought to the forefront of my mind every time I see that image. I get to re-live all those wonderful moments while photographing nature and the great outdoors.
Lon
but having a nice hot coffee, sitting in the warming morning sun somewhere in the wild after having been up and out in the cold and dark and having experienced a magic sunrise - can't beat that feeling!
georg
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