You spot them. A deer and a baby doe, just barely peaking out from behind mom. The
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sunrays are beaming through the branches, and the autumn colors at their peak. Oh…this
is going to be good. And you shoot (with your camera, of course), do a little celebratory
dance (as the deer run away) and check your LCD. What do you have? Overexposed
leaves, underexposed trunks, and a couple of blurry dark dots in the middle. What
happened?
Lisa Langell’s message was that moments sometimes happens after hours – hours of
preparation, watching and waiting. Her message was about Bringing the Vision and the
Reality Together.
PREP, WATCH, WAIT
1.) PREP – What’s going to make your photo outstanding? Google the animal(s) you expect to see. What do the other 1,243,467 photos on Flickr look like? What can you do to make yours unique?’
2.) WATCH – Observe the animals and it’s behaviors enough to anticipate it’s
movements. Lisa’s example involved hummingbirds. They usually fly in a circle – from
point to point to point. Pick a point, and wait. My own experience happened just this past
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