Tip #2: Catch the morning light
We woke up at 6am everyday for the workshop. The bus would leave at 7am as Abbas wanted us to catch he called the "magic hour", a period when the light is warm and gives subjects a nice glow. By afternoon, the sun would be overhead and too harsh. We could have taken a siesta then, but spent the time looking through our pictures and picking out those we felt were good.
Putting it to practice: I noticed the dog walking toward the man on the stairs and followed it. When the dog looked sideways, I took the shot. The morning light was warm and cast a nice, long shadow on the subjects. Shot using the Sony Alpha DSLR-A900 with 50mm F1.4 lens. ISO 200, aperture of F6.3 and shutter speed of 1/640 second.
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