Taking candid photos
Automated disclaimer: This post was written more than 15 years ago and I may not have looked at it since.
Older posts may not align with who I am today and how I would think or write, and may have been written in reaction to a cultural context that no longer applies. Some of my high school or college posts are just embarrassing. However, I have left them public because I believe in keeping old web pages alive—and it's interesting to see how I've changed.
Hilda behaves naturally while I "set up" my camera "before I start taking pictures". Since I have a swivel-out, flip-up LCD screen, I can hold the camera at chest level and start shooting surreptitiously while I talk with the person. Then I go through the photos they like. (Warn them first that there will be a number of really weird pictures of them in mid-transition from one facial expression to the next.)
My standard technique for capturing candid photos pretending to "get the settings right" on your camera. You'll be sure to get plenty of 3/4 view photos, rich in emotion and with very little stiffness. These pre-pose photos are a goldmine.
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