Does this photographer explain why he had his camera settings set for such a fast (enough to capture a speeding bullet) setting?
I’d read, somewhere, that this was unusual, in and of itself ... to even have the camera at such high speed settings, for the typical Trump rally shots.
Also, does he say how many Trump rallies he’s photographed Pres Trump at?
Thanks for any info you may have.
I think it was just the standard setting he would use for such events. It was sunny that day which effected his choice. Additionally, he likes to use a shallow depth of field when he covers Presidents and other high profile individuals because he wants the focus to be on them.
https://americasvoice.news/the-photo-that-stunned-the-world/
Not the same interview, but the same people I was just talking about
When photographing, if you want to get separation between your subject and background, meaning, you want an in-focus subject with background objects blurred, you open the lens aperture as wide as possible.
Think of lens apertures as akin to the pupil of an eye. The wider the aperture, the more light is let in and vice-versa.
My understanding is he had the lens aperture at f1.6, or f1.8 which is the photographic equivalent of getting your eyes dilated. To not overexpose the image, the shutter speed would be cranked up to a high speed in order to reduce the amount of light reaching the sensor and not over-expose the image.
Furthermore, a high shutter speed would work to the experienced photographers advantage in that should something dramatic suddenly happen... a large bird flying overhead craps and hits the subject square on the face, the photographer could freeze the action and get a shot news organizations around the world would eagerly pay for.
So, on the surface, I don't see anything out of the ordinary for the settings a professional photographer might choose in that setting.
Ultimately, by the time the photographer heard the shot, the bullet had already long passed by. No way the photographer could have timed that shot. It was a once in a career moment.
“Does this photographer explain why he had his camera settings set for such a fast (enough to capture a speeding bullet) setting?”
Outdoors, moving subject, bright bright sunshine...
Shrink the aperture and fastest speed you can manage to prevent washing out the image. Coincidentally fast enough to capture a bullet trail.
The how, why, where, who of the photography is sufficiently muddled now so those details no longer matter. You can tell that by just the posts on this thread.
The “historical” photograph just occurred by happenstance. Move along everyone.