Instacandid

This first photograph is what inspired me to create a daily photo project. For the first time in a while, I picked up my DSLR and photographed for fun. My girlfriend and I spent the day doing nothing, but at the end of it all, there were 150+ photos on my camera. Most, if not almost all, were just throwaway shots; blurry, out of focus, poorly exposed. However, the photos were natural, and the expressions in them were real, but I digress.

This photo includes two of my favorite things to do with candid photography: motion blur, and cropping off heads. In my opinion, the former adds a great deal of action to a photograph, and the latter leaves something left to be discovered for the viewer. This is not a photo of a specific person, it’s a photo of an action. Those two techniques help emphasize that action.

Self-Criticism:…