It’s called the “Shot Gun Approach” … I learned it a long time ago with basic photography. I was so worried about being able to take great photos that I asked a professional photographer about it and he just said take lots of photos, as many as you can … the ‘Shotgun Approach’.
You just snap a ton of stuff, stuff you think is good, stuff you think is important, stuff you want, stuff you think you should do, this stuff, that stuff, any stuff … just get the biggest memory card you can get or film or whatever and just take as many photos as you can of everything.
When you get back, about 98% of all your photos will be shit … but you will have about a dozen great shots where people will comment on how great a photographer you are.
You basically blast the entire activity with everything you got … like a shot gun blast … a true shot gun blast throws out a lot lead pellets in a general direction. Not all of them will hit their mark but several will.
It’s better than the Sniper Approach … where you base all your energy, will and hopes into one single shot … you take all your energy and time into that one shot and if you miss, which is highly likely, you will lose everything and you will be forgotten.
So whatever you are doing in life … just give it your all … most of it will be forgettable but a small part of it will be celebrated because people will think you were a genius for doing it. The more you do, the more likely you will be successful in something.
Counterpoint: sometimes the best still shot requires a particular moment captured with a particular, consciously arranged setup.
This interview of a veteran NBA photographer breaks it down of how he only has a single shot per shot because of how he necessarily relies on strobes set up to not distract the players or interfere with the broadcast. As a result, he scouts/studies each player and team so that he knows when the right moment is to actually capture the shot, because he can’t exactly ask players to do it again.
If you read interviews of Pulitzer photography winners, they’ll often say a lot of the same things: being prepared and being lucky and having that convergence of having incredibly high skill/expertise/understanding of the setting, while being able to capture in every opportunity presented.
You should capture a lot of photos and examine them to understand how to make them better, and increase your skill level and understand your subject so that you can still optimize for the very best shot possible.
It’s called the “Shot Gun Approach” … I learned it a long time ago with basic photography. I was so worried about being able to take great photos that I asked a professional photographer about it and he just said take lots of photos, as many as you can … the ‘Shotgun Approach’.
You just snap a ton of stuff, stuff you think is good, stuff you think is important, stuff you want, stuff you think you should do, this stuff, that stuff, any stuff … just get the biggest memory card you can get or film or whatever and just take as many photos as you can of everything.
When you get back, about 98% of all your photos will be shit … but you will have about a dozen great shots where people will comment on how great a photographer you are.
You basically blast the entire activity with everything you got … like a shot gun blast … a true shot gun blast throws out a lot lead pellets in a general direction. Not all of them will hit their mark but several will.
It’s better than the Sniper Approach … where you base all your energy, will and hopes into one single shot … you take all your energy and time into that one shot and if you miss, which is highly likely, you will lose everything and you will be forgotten.
So whatever you are doing in life … just give it your all … most of it will be forgettable but a small part of it will be celebrated because people will think you were a genius for doing it. The more you do, the more likely you will be successful in something.
Counterpoint: sometimes the best still shot requires a particular moment captured with a particular, consciously arranged setup.
This interview of a veteran NBA photographer breaks it down of how he only has a single shot per shot because of how he necessarily relies on strobes set up to not distract the players or interfere with the broadcast. As a result, he scouts/studies each player and team so that he knows when the right moment is to actually capture the shot, because he can’t exactly ask players to do it again.
If you read interviews of Pulitzer photography winners, they’ll often say a lot of the same things: being prepared and being lucky and having that convergence of having incredibly high skill/expertise/understanding of the setting, while being able to capture in every opportunity presented.
You should capture a lot of photos and examine them to understand how to make them better, and increase your skill level and understand your subject so that you can still optimize for the very best shot possible.