You’ve made your way to The Happiest Place on Earth or The Most Magical Place on Earth and you are bursting at the seams with anticipation and excitement. All of that bottled up energy is ricocheting inside of you and ready to explode and that can translate into your photos both for good and bad. The good is that you’re completely awake and aware of your surroundings and looking for great photo opportunities. The bad is that you’re trigger finger happy and shooting anything and everything too fast and without thinking about what you’re doing.
You’re eagerly awaitng the show to begin at The Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The driver is doing his/her spiel and the neon lights in front catch your attention. Click! You’ve got the photo and here’s what it looks like.
You get home and as you look through hundreds of snapshots you think to yourself or tell your parakeet, Wanda, “Dagnamit! It looked so much better than this. I should have waited until all of the lights were on.” You’re right, dagnamit. (I really enjoy that word as do you, obviously) Had you waited a few seconds or minutes depending on how long it takes to load the car, you could have taken home this!
Ooh. Look at all the pretty lights. What an enormous difference between photos.
Technically speaking, these were taken with a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS on Auto without flash and the car was parked. There is enough time to grab your shot before heading off into movie land.
You’re energy level is up, up, up or about to be as you await your custom created delectable dessert at Goofy’s Candy Company. By wandering around the semi-enclosed kitchen area, you’ve found a good spot to take photos while standing on your tippy toes cuz you’re kinda short. Here it comes, the apple is going into the chocolate and snap!
If only you’d waited, you’d have taken a far better photo than this. Wanda can’t believe you were so close. Thankfully, you’ve learned your lesson and so on your next visit to Marketplace you grab this shot.
Good job! You are a quick learner.
One of the fun things about visiting Disney parks is you just never know who you’ll come across. Remember when you were at Animal Kingdom’s Camp Minnie-Mickey and you saw Thumper and his girlfriend, Faline? Your jaw just about hit the floor after you finished hopping up and down in glee. There you were, hyped up but remembering to slow down and to wait for the shot. In terms of photographing characters you waited until Guests were away from them and they were stationary, as far as bunnies go.
Here’s the payoff for your patience.
High-paw! You’ve come a long way. The old you would have taken this photo in all of the excitement.
A few things to remember, point and shoot cameras are slower than SLRs so don’t expect the same results. Action photos require faster shutterspeeds and anticipation of what’s going to happen. Be patient for people and things that aren’t moving quickly and you’ll get results.
Very true. Patience is rewarding! I’m not the best photographer by any means, but on one trip to Walt Disney World with my sister, I made a point to wait for crowds to clear before I snapped my pics. Even though the parks were full when we were there, the pics make it look like the parks were deserted. I now have some lovely shots of Walt Disney World icons like Cinderella Castle & the Tree of Life and of not-so-obvious Disney treasures like the carvings on the buildings in Animal Kingdom and the unique windows in and around Epcot. Invariably, the shots I waited on are my favorites now. Thanks for posting on this!
Lisa:
Thanks for the tip as I will be at WDW in December in hopes of getting some Christmas light photo’s. Waiting is hard to do because you don’t want to miss anything.