The moment! Cartier-Bresson talked about the geometry of an image and when all facets aligned to create the perfect moment in time to capture. He was a genius in this and its what I strive for constantly. When is that perfect moment a photograph becomes more than just a picture. I have tried to define it but h definition really just doesn't exist, because you just don't know what its going to be until you see it. In this case(and believe me there are plenty of things I'd change in this image) the 'moment occurred when I simultaneously pressed the shutter at the very same time as one of the brides bridesmaids as she took the last swig of a bottle bourbon just prior to her wedding! (Note this bride didn't drink much at all, the bottle had been in the the groomsmen, and the other family members and friends and they just let her finish the last drops---i think mostly because they want to make a picture of her doing so!) I didn't know I shot this frame at the same time someone else took a picture until I was editing the pictures, but this one was 'the' one of the series of pictures i made because of that moment in time we both shot the picture and it added to the story of how others want to document photos themselves of the great day of their friend or relative. The moment is something unique and cannot be duplicated! This is what photography truly is and how it should always be thought of. We want to document life--see life--experience who we are. Photograph by Richard Sayer
Below another moment that just couldn't be faked and get the same
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I talk alot to new photographers and students about 'finding your frame' which I stole from an article I read about Jin Gehrz. Its about looking for that one picture from a shoot that is your work, that says something about yourself as a photographer as much as it says something about your subject. I haven't really gone through the whole take of my short shoot today with my friend Harmony and her daughter Stella. This was just a quick little moment today and the light was good and Stella's face says so much. Harmony's hand cradling Stella's head as she scrunches herself into her daughter's head with utter love. This was my frame today. My favorite picture...at least until I look at them again and pick a different one. Photograph by Richard Sayer
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