HOW I GOT THE SHOT: One of the surest ways to get
good pictures of people is to flatter them with your attention. By showing
genuine interest in someone, a photographer can earn the trust of a subject and
often regain a candid moment that is lost when the camera shows up. This is
especially true for children, who love to show off their talents to attentive
adults and will quickly lose themselves in an activity, creating excellent
opportunities for sincere images.
This
young man was already quite adept at blowing the shofar when I asked to
photograph him. And even though I was using a still camera, which doesn’t
record sound, he blew true and put his whole body and soul into the effort. I
was impressed and I told him so, which impelled him to keep blowing and gave me
a chance to fire off additional frames. I was careful to choose a background
that contrasted well with his dark hair and the black shofar and also turn him
so the soft, diffuse sunlight, pouring in from under a tree, spilled gently
onto his face.
May
the sound of the shofar awaken our compassion as well as our ability to connect
with family, friends and community in the coming new year. Shana Tova.
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all the photography buffs in your life.
TECHNICAL DATA: Camera:
Nikon D700, handheld, manual exposure, center-weighted metering mode, f3.5 at
1/200th sec., ISO 200. Raw file converted to Jpeg. Lens: Nikon 70-200 zoom
at 102 mm. Date:
Sept. 16, 2012, 9:35 a.m. Location:
Gush Etzion, Judean Mountains.
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