Exercise 10 - Capturing the Moment

What: The main brief of this exercise was to attempt to capture the moment.

Where: Edinburgh, Outdoors

When: Afternoon on a bright sunny day.

How: Previously I had passed this location and noticed a lot of activity. Knowing that this exercise was coming up I noted the location and decided to return to see if it was still busy and whether or not it would be suitable for the exercise.

I used a combination of a 50mm prime lens and a 70-300mm telephoto lens.

Although in all of the images I picked out when I reviewed them, the telephoto lens images stood out, as I feel that each image captured the particular moment that I was looking for.

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 300mm (35mm equivalent 450mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/1000 second, ISO 100, Auto white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

This gent was striding along the street; his hurried movements caught my eye as everyone else was strolling along. He was deep in thought and I wanted to capture his expression.

Moving along to my intended area, I found that it was not as busy as the previous visit, probably due to it being on a Sunday and the park entrances were taken over by a local newspaper promoting the golf competition which was happening locally.

I found a quiet location and watched people interact with the news sellers, as well as the interaction of the selling team itself.

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 135mm (35mm equivalent 202mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/250 second, ISO 100, Auto white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 230mm (35mm equivalent 345mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/180 second, ISO 100, Manual white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 165mm (35mm equivalent 247mm), aperture f5.0, speed 1/500 second, ISO 100, Daylight white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

I watched a number of people taking part in tutored golf lessons, while watching some of the people I decided I wanted to capture some of the movements of the golfers and the tutors as they worked together.

This movement from the golfer as she is about to start on her backswing a hit the ball into the net was the one movement I was trying to capture from her.

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 230mm (35mm equivalent 345mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/250 second, ISO 100, Auto white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

Watching the tutors I spotted that they spent a lot of time demonstrating their interpretations of the movements of the golfers. This tutor spent a couple of minutes demonstrating foot positions. His movements were like a little dance and I wanted to capture his twist as he moved his feet.

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 270mm (35mm equivalent 405mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/750 second, ISO 200, Daylight white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

This tutor was showing the golfer the right position to hold the club during the swing, this was the best of the images I captured as I wanted both of them to be focused on the end of the club.

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Nikon D80, Exposure Mode Manual, focal length 155mm (35mm equivalent 232mm), aperture f5.6, speed 1/1000 second, ISO 200, Auto white balance, Centre Weight metering, Hand held camera, 70-300mm lens,

While the golfers were being tutored people continued to walk through the park. I captured this couple in discussion as they passed through the park ignoring the golfers around them.

 I was surprised to find that I had chosen exclusively images captured using the telephoto lens. I feel that it made it easier to monitor and predict the movements of the subjects as well as allowing me time to monitor and compose the image that I wanted.