In this nerdlet, Casey makes the case for deliberately slowing down — and why the unlimited frame rates of modern cameras and phones may be quietly working against better photography.

In this episode:

  • Why cheap, abundant frames change the psychology of shooting: when a missed shot costs nothing, the incentive to study each one disappears
  • How high-volume shooting shifts the real creative decision from the moment of capture to the moment of culling
  • Where burst shooting genuinely earns its place (sports, wildlife) versus where it works against you
  • Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment (1952) and what "proactive" attention to a scene actually looks like
  • The cognitive science angle: stimulus-driven (reactive) attention versus goal-directed (deliberate) attention, and why slow photography demands the latter
  • Ansel Adams' concept of pre-visualization — forming the finished image in your mind before you shoot — and Casey's two ways of using it, including prepping mentally the day before a shoot
  • The "film mindset": simulating the constraints of a 24 or 36-exposure roll with a digital camera, including no chimping and no in-field deletions

Homework from this episode:

Pick a hard limit — 12, 24, or 36 frames — for your next outing. No deleting in the field, no chimping, no exceptions. Before every shot, pause for a few seconds and ask what the photograph is actually about. When you review the results, pay attention not just to which images worked, but to how differently you moved, waited, and looked.

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The Nerdy Photographer Podcast is written and produced by Casey Fatchett. Casey is a professional photographer in the New York City / Northern New Jersey with more than 20 years of experience. He just wants to help people and make them laugh. You can view Casey's wedding work at https://fatchett.com or his non-wedding work at https://caseyfatchettphotography.com 

 

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