Micro Humor
Sometimes laughter is the best medicine. And when a picture is worth a thousand words, how much medicine can one image be worth? The attempt at a composition of humor requires a sure hand with a quick shot. The ability to see what the camera will capture and how the resultant image will present inside the file viewer is a big part of the opportunistic gift.
The picture was actually intended to capture some crossroad signs an a intersection, but the photographer quickly realized a better composition was lurking inside the lens. Practice taking pictures will speed the process when capturing the image mechanically to multitask looking into the next shot happening quickly immediately subsequent to the moment.
The above image details a woman on a horse. This alone would not be a humourous image, but the two dimensionality of the image capture makes the speed limit sign approach dangerously near the proximate horsewoman. The wit present in this shot is completely in the eye of the beholder. But the shot wouldn’t have even come into focus if the crossroads picture had not been underway.
Experienced photographers get used to the propinquity of one picture creating the unique window for another, better shot right inside the capture. Sports photographers have made money on this concept for years. In sports and action photography, the likelihood of a better action shot taking place immediately behind the current frame is almost 100% likely. The shutter clicks continuously grabbing image after image that will be discovered in the editing room in a frame by frame analysis.
If the action is taking place too fast for the motion or speed setting on your digital camera, activate the video frame capture function. If you have managed the memory smartly and the battery capacity right, there will be enough juice left in the camera to gather more than enough frames per second for the frame capture image you need. Screen capture techniques can grab the image at your desktop for cropping and editing.
Animals, kids, signs, and colorful tableaux can make for interesting humor shots. Look for ways these elements present themselves in new settings. Geographic difference in locale can make an entire day of photography punch up great on the small image editing screen.
Mixing two of these elements makes for almost guaranteed humorous dynamics in photos. Kids and animals, animals and signs, color and kids, and color and animals, and so on. Train your photographer eye to lean in when these unique opportunities present themselves.
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