Comments on: Just a Moment http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/06/19/just-a-moment/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Bryan Marshall http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/06/19/just-a-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Bryan Marshall Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:55:56 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=60#comment-880 I've just stumbled across this thread and it really hit home. I agree. When shooting it feels like i see a situation, bring up the camera and wait until something happens and then release the shutter to grab the picture. There are other times when you see a 'picture' for only a second and then its gone - with me wishing that i had my camera in front of my face in order to capture it. HCB seemed to almost influence when those moments occured, (especially in his portrait work,) and have the camera there and ready for when they did. i also think that anyone - including HCB - would have to admit that sometimes luck is essential! I’ve just stumbled across this thread and it really hit home.

I agree. When shooting it feels like i see a situation, bring up the camera and wait until something happens and then release the shutter to grab the picture.

There are other times when you see a ‘picture’ for only a second and then its gone - with me wishing that i had my camera in front of my face in order to capture it.

HCB seemed to almost influence when those moments occured, (especially in his portrait work,) and have the camera there and ready for when they did.

i also think that anyone - including HCB - would have to admit that sometimes luck is essential!

]]> By: rion http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/06/19/just-a-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-427 rion Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:46:07 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=60#comment-427 Ditto. I've missed so many... Though it's helped me immensely to shoot like a sports photographer, clicking a string of rapid-fire shots every time I go to capture something. On the street or taking portraits of people, multiple frames in row -- like a segment of film -- can provide more coverage over a moment that I'll never get back. Then I can pick what I feel may be the "right" frame from the sequence -- one that communicates more than the others. A related thought... It's interesting to me that Bresson writes as if capturing the decisive moment is purely in the honing of intuition, practice, and creativity. How much of <em>un moment decisif</em> is also a bit of luck and surprise? Ditto. I’ve missed so many… Though it’s helped me immensely to shoot like a sports photographer, clicking a string of rapid-fire shots every time I go to capture something.

On the street or taking portraits of people, multiple frames in row — like a segment of film — can provide more coverage over a moment that I’ll never get back. Then I can pick what I feel may be the “right” frame from the sequence — one that communicates more than the others.

A related thought… It’s interesting to me that Bresson writes as if capturing the decisive moment is purely in the honing of intuition, practice, and creativity. How much of un moment decisif is also a bit of luck and surprise?

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