patience

As I've gotten more serious about photography, the single biggest change I've made is to premeditate my photo sessions. Instead of haphazardly shooting whichever subjects happen across my lens- my habit during my first few years with a camera- I tend now to have a particular image in mind well in advance of a shoot.  The timing and location of a session, the equipment, and the lighting are all planned accordingly. Cephalotes atratus, the gliding ant. Panama, 2007. This gliding ant in mid-air is a good example.  A small insect in free fall is not the sort of thing one happens to point-and…