Here's a couple of my favorite candid portraits:
A kid having fun at the Maryland Renn Faire
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/5055254913/#
Another Renn Faire attendee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/5061808077/#
A Communist sympathizer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4453686254/#in/set-72157623668853168
An angry woman at the 2010 Glenn Beck rally in DC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4944691233/#in/set-72157624836727518
A patriotic woman at a 2010 Tea Party rally at the Capitol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4456168208/#in/set-72157623550298395
A girl at a bar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4617002685/#
Jane Rigby of NASA, at the TEDx MidAtlantic event (what perfect light!!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/6334033668/#in/set-72157628102038646
For most of these shots, I was planning on getting candid, spontaneous pictures, so I usually preset my camera to be prepared for when the moment arose. These days, that either means setting my shutter speed to something that I know will freeze the action w/o costing too much in noise or setting the aperture wide open to decrease DOF and maximize shutter speed and ISO.
A kid having fun at the Maryland Renn Faire
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/5055254913/#
Another Renn Faire attendee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/5061808077/#
A Communist sympathizer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4453686254/#in/set-72157623668853168
An angry woman at the 2010 Glenn Beck rally in DC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4944691233/#in/set-72157624836727518
A patriotic woman at a 2010 Tea Party rally at the Capitol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4456168208/#in/set-72157623550298395
A girl at a bar
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/4617002685/#
Jane Rigby of NASA, at the TEDx MidAtlantic event (what perfect light!!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theqspeaks/6334033668/#in/set-72157628102038646
For most of these shots, I was planning on getting candid, spontaneous pictures, so I usually preset my camera to be prepared for when the moment arose. These days, that either means setting my shutter speed to something that I know will freeze the action w/o costing too much in noise or setting the aperture wide open to decrease DOF and maximize shutter speed and ISO.
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