You’ve previously heard me rant about posed photographs being bad and candid being great, but there is a hybrid of the two that I very much enjoy.
What I call hybrid posed photography is when I find a likely naturally occurring scene and place my subject there. Often then adding lighting that accentuates what’s there and makes logical sense in the scene.
Then, rather than posing my subjects precisely I will just allow them to interact, unaware of the camera. I like to do this with a long focal length from some distance as I don’t want to give them direction once they are in the right place. I want to capture genuine moments of interaction that are authentic to them.
