So the chapter was about the intent of photos, what we want to convey by capturing certain subjects in a scene on purpose or by accident. Some photos are planned or reactive, meaning the photographer saw a scene and waited till the timing was right to capture the subject they want in the scene, or they were able to move and react quickly in a situation and capture a moment that they did not anticipate. By planning a scene, they could play around with angles and different compositions, or scope out how the scene is and plan out how they want to be positioned to capture certain shots. The chapter also went over what a photographer shows, and whether or not the viewer would expect it. If it would be challenging social norms or expectations with the subject of the photo.
My photo is from a visit my club went on at this bookstore in Columbus, Indiana. The members dress up as Disney princesses and superheroes and interact with children at events like this. In the photo is one of our members sitting with a child, and I was just walking around taking photos of everyone and making sure I captured everyone at least once. I captured this after everyone had been sitting for awhile, but right after the small baby in the stroller rolled up into the shot. I have photos of just the two without the baby in the background, but I took the opportunity to capture one more Spiderman costume. I think that third Spiderman makes the photo more interesting and adorable for the audience. I don’t really see it as a challenging photo, just a photo that would draw in an audience at some point.
Whenever I do events like this I have to capture short meaningful moments because those are the best ones and they happen very often. Because of this, I have to be very reactive to the scenes going on around me. If I’m not, I can’t capture the “magical moments” that the club creates.