One thing that no one discusses out of being in this industry as a commercial photographer is the amount of desired times in a career that the ‘wonderful’ happens. By this I mean the possibility for the opportune moment that you were not counting on happening and you are the one that manages to ‘grab’ the shot. This has happened to me on more that one occasion. Sometimes you can predict the situation because you have been called to attend and the moment is hopeing to obtain a good shot and sometimes you have no warning and your instinctive reactions take over.
This is what almost all press photographers now rely on to earn a living. That special moment when you release the shutter of the camera and you have a ‘winner’ for publication. How many front page shots recently have we seen? The Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine, even very recently the arrival of their new born baby. All waiting for that moment to have their name credited at the bottom of the page.
Unfortunately the waiting or just being in the right or even wrong place at the time gives you the opportune moment. This can happen to normal individuals in the street despite anyone who is in the profession as a corporate photographer. The times we see images of celebrities doing what they should or should not be doing. Images of tragedy that happen around the world. Many shots that we see on TV or papers are ones that have been taken at that split moment something happens many by amateurs.
Here in this photo that I’m not claiming to be anything greatly special is a perfect case of that moment where you can capture something that does not happen very often. Yes many people have captured a rainbow in the sky, walkers and anyone out and about. Have you ever said ‘oh if I only had a camera’. Well nowadays many do have a sort of image maker in the mobile phone but not a high resolution one to obtain the greater results.
This image I took when I saw the rainbow, I just happened to have one of my cameras to had and I snapped it one afternoon when it had a sudden shower. It was in the sky for about two minuets! Not a great shot with rooftops of buildings and a telegraph pole but one where if it was displayed in an art gallery one could start a discussion on the beauty of the world against the harshness of industry and growth! Squint and it makes a good abstract really! I like it due to a rare situation that actually there are two rainbows appearing, come on that’s rare and counts as my ‘opportune moment’ for that day!