The Moment It Clicks

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The Moment It Clicks
Joe McNally
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Get your camera in a different place
Empire State Building
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Pay attention to the small pictures (details)
Paloma Herrerabeauty and pain go hand-in-hand
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Dont pack up your camera until youve left the
location.
Linus Pauling, Big Sur
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Shoot it now. Dont ever assume you can do it
later.
Caddies for August National at Sand Hill
Grill Light through doorway shows interior of bar
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Break the rule (of thirds) once in a while
Simplicity, centered, balanced, halo overhead
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Be loose like a boxer
Zoom from telephoto to wide while moving the lens
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Look for light, color and gesture
Frank and Joe Torres plant a wet one on Dr. Oz
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Take advantage of natural light
Wynton Marsalis
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If you want something to look interesting, dont
light all of it
Light matches mood Subject is holding something
relevant to his life/profession
Tony Bennett
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Use available light
Festival of Lights, Jaipur, India
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When shooting a story about someone, their hands
should always be on your list to shoot
Ronnie Coleman
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Amare Stoudemire
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Ty Murray
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Arnold Palmer
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To show scale, show the whole environment, and
then highlight the subject
Star City, the Russian space training center
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Think like a comic book Low angle, look up! Turn
your subject into a superhero!
Mike Ruth, a massive defensive lineman for Boston
College
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Sometimes the best light happens after the light
is gone
Last lingering light can be some of the most
beautiful
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Youre not going to be in the room when people
look at your pictures. Your picture has to speak
for itself
For a shot to really work, it has to be
successful informationally and emotionally
Leonard BernsteinThe room feels like music
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Light picks up the color of what it hits
Capture the moment Girl blinded by her boyfriend,
who shot her in the head twice. She is seeing
her first horse.