tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013427813919109950.post2992036534771773566..comments2016-02-21T23:56:14.221-05:00Comments on Lone Dakota Photography: So You Want To Be a SniperAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17239126917899906404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2013427813919109950.post-91661946810491249902013-01-14T02:49:41.542-05:002013-01-14T02:49:41.542-05:00Do I detect the down payment on a New Years resolu...Do I detect the down payment on a New Years resolution here? No matter. Good topic. Good tips.<br /><br />I am of two minds on this. I snipe but I also ask permission to shoot. A semi-candid shot - usually a head shot. But I have a variation on this approach also which works in groups of people at events - that is people who might be in the target area for a while. (I'm not sure I like all these hunting references.) After I get their permission and get a shot and maybe share the image with them I wander off and wait a bit and then get more shots of the same person/people in full candid form. As you observed, they have forgotten about me and for my part since I have their permission I have no anxiety at all about the effort. I remember the first time I did this wasn't really planned. I was roaming an event in a city park and there was this young guy with his dog I wanted to shoot. But he had locked onto me and it wasn't working. So I walked up and told him I really needed a human/dog shot for a club photo challenge - semi-true - would he mind? He and the lab posed for a couple of shots. I said thanks and walked away. Went about 10 yards, swiveled and ran off a series of shots. It worked mainly because I had started something between him and his pet and they had continued to play. And that was what I wanted. They never knew what hit them. :)<br /><br />Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com