Each time I begin a photo shoot, mostly for pleasure, I hope to get the most original awe inspiring photo that wins loads of contests and recognition.  But it rarely happens this way.  The image, story, experience usually finds me.  I am often caught without warning. In a split second, I scramble to check  a series of technical settings…. . Lens selection ?, “check“,  exposure?, “check“,  aperture?, “check“, shutter speed? “check”, focus ? “check”.  This process happens within a split second, but the  peak moment has passed in a fractional second, and I have not  yet pressed the shutter.  On a lucky day, I remember to first see and recognize the setting, observe how all the elements in the image converge, raise my camera to my eye and press the shutter button.  “WOW!” I exclaim, as I preview the image on the camera display.

After the photo shoot, I hurry home to unload the images to my computer only to find 10% of the images are mediocre and 2% might be keepers.  But for the remainder of the day, all is right with the world, because I  received the story  creation wanted to share with me.