SPOTLIGHTIn Search of Brilliant Moments: Street Photography’s Heightened Existence“You are looking for a single, brilliant moment and 99% of the time, you won’t get it. But remember this: when at last you get that shot you’ve been looking for, in a thousandth of a second, all those frustrations and near-misses will have paid off.”Read More
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In Search of Brilliant Moments: Street Photography’s Heightened Existence
“You are looking for a single, brilliant moment and 99% of the time, you won’t get it. But remember this: when at last you get that shot you’ve been looking for, in a thousandth of a second, all those frustrations and near-misses will have paid off.”
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