Not All Fun and Games

During a mini photoshoot with my older sister and her three year old daughter, I had encountered a problem; Three year old girls often don't like to sit still and cooperate. Sitting in front of a camera for an hour or two isn't that fun for a kid that would rather be running around and playing with our pet chickens. I had gotten a few good shots, but it all went downhill from there. She changed out of her cute boots into an ugly pair of crocs halfway through. To fend of crying, we let her keep the crocs on. This meant extra attention to keeping those beat up, dirty shoes out of the shoot. She was uneasy, unsmiling, and of course, unhappy. So, this lead to less photos than we had hoped, and less selection.

Cooperative

Losing Patience

In order to get good photos of your client(s), they need to be happy. For a photographer, life isn't always easy as "point, shoot, done." There are many challenges that photographers face from leaving the lens cap on to having an uncooperative client.

Uncooperative clients are just one of many challenges a photographer must over come. Many people aren't comfortable in front of a camera and may try to rush the photographer or repeatedly ask, "Are we done yet?" Rushing will only lead to sloppy work. A way to fix this is to make it fun for the people in the pictures. If they're having fun, the happiness will show in the pictures. 

Another challenge can be not having the right settings. The cameras settings can either make or break a picture. They can make a picture too bright, dark, sharp, or blurry. Many of these things can be fixed with computer programs, but without a good photo foundation the pictures can't be saved. 

Over editing can be a problem for a photographer. We always want to make our photos better, so we cover up this, add that, blur those, brighten these. I am guilty of this and when I get to the "finished" product, I have to start all over because it looks fake. We want to maintain our originality, and not lose authenticity. 

“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” 
― Ansel Adams