Tell me why I am so trigger happy?

Ever since I was a child I couldnt help but take a picture. I thought every moment around me is a peace of art. From a Daddy looking into the face of his first born infant, to the beautifully designed bird sitting alone in an oily parking lot.

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Permalink Reply by Charlie Davis on February 15, 2010 at 7:38pm

Personally, I do not think that being"trigger happy" is a bad thing to have. Today with digital photography, it is even better. In the old days when film was the only format available, being trigger happy could get expensive. I have found that many times I have snapped a shot only to find that if i would have waited another second or two, I would have taken a better photograph. So I say snap away Kara, you are only limited by the size of memory card that you have in your camera. But then most photographers I know carry several memory cards with them just in case they need media for that extra trigger happy shot ! Good luck and keep shooting. Charlie

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Permalink Reply by Beverley Pohlner on February 16, 2010 at 12:29am

Well I guess I'm trigger happy also!. As a small child I used a mirror and pretended to capture images! It was fun, and still is, as at long last I have my own SLR camera and still find great delight in 'seeing' photo's everywhere! No longer young but still having fun,and learning still, so Kara I hope it continues for you forever.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Harp on February 16, 2010 at 3:55am

Back when I used to shoot slides mainly, I would shoot up to 50 rolls during a trip. There would be keepers and there would be my discard pile. It was always a little painful throwing away that discard pile. But by virtue of shooting a lot of images I would always have some great images which went out to the stock agency and publishers. The more I refined my process the less the discard pile was. It was always as much fun going through the images making selections as first shooting them all.

In our day of digital storage, on one 8 gig card I can store what would be the same as around 30 rolls of film. I can shoot all day load all my photos onto my computer and go out and fill up the card again.

To me being trigger happy also implies shooting without stopping and thinking the process through. That's one reason I use a tripod in the field when doing nature hikes. It causes me to slow down and compose a subject in the camera. I never want to lose that in deference to post production of cropping, though I do crop occasionally. You may be trigger happy, but as you hone your skills and thought process you undoubtedly will be less haphazard and more intent on capturing the right images. For now shoot away and enjoy.