I haven’t yet started to stage any of the images I’ve captured. A car will dash through a scene. Someone’s face gets blocked. Limbs get cut off. A scene looks lopsided. My ‘eye’ sees something and I just start shooting. Not much room there for planning. At least not yet.

Because I’m still learning I tend to see potential and try to grab it as soon as I can. Even when I notice a small irregularity I want to capture it and figure I can do some editing later. My biggest worries remain have I the correct exposure and is my subject in focus. I haven’t yet worked in a studio setting directing subjects nor am I comfortable enough with my people skills to approach strangers for informal portraits.

I’m hoping the discipline required will come soon enough. But I’m content to allow time to work it’s magic on me. In the above image at the DIA I wanted to shout up to the two gentlemen “hold it right there, please”. I wanted the shot to be candid. I captured them as casual as I could wish but I didn’t have the time to compose it like I would have liked.

At the Michigan Science Center I was able to capture the image below. It wasn’t what I wanted either. There were a group of people I wanted to include in the shot. I asked permission to photograph them but they declined and I respected their wish. So I shot off a quickie.

I’ll be going back to both places some time later. I’m sure I’ll be able to capture something great.