Photographical posture!

I watched this amateur photographer taking some special shots at a wedding recently. 

Let me highlight the posture he used at one of the occasions to capture a group walking towards him. He positioned himself in an ideal posture with the camera resting in one hand, which was partly made motionless with support from the thigh. The other hand  was well supported by the other knee. The gently turned head gave him good access to view the scene he was shooting. It was a difficult posture to shoot a video or take snap shots because he needed intense co-ordianation and concentration which he seemed to have in plenty. The whole body appeared well supported while maintaining the flexibility needed to reposition himself.

What a good photographer learns by experience is exclusive posture and position for a particular shot. He was perhaps wanting least distortion of the picture by having the viewfinder fixed on the middle of the image he was capturing, a skill which adds an enhanced quality to still shots. 

Just as serious photography requires on going learning and adaptations, so it is in life in all dimensions. A child of five years, who was learning to colour told me that, he takes time to colour his drawing book, because, he wants to do it well. 

Doing well, is a good ethos we can practice!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)