What It Takes To Get “The Shot”

You feel butterflies in your stomach, adrenalin in your viens and joy in your heart. As a photographer this means you either just fell in love OR you just got, “the shot”. Marc Montocchio of Occhioinc.com sent me his video of how he fell in love… no wait, of how he got the shot, shown below. Come to think of it, he does seem pretty obsessed with marlin so it’s hard to tell either way.

Now, I know we stress you don’t have to have expensive gear to be a good photographer. But as Marc talks about getting the frames needed to make the above, stitched together still, you can’t help but be struck by how important a fast AF system and high fps are in these types of situations. So, for all you gear heads who want to know, Marc shoots with a Canon 1D Mark IV. Which he attached to this crazy rig…

…to get this cover shot and to make this video. Check out Marc’s blog page if you want to hear how it took years for him to get what he envisioned in his head to what you see before you. Sometimes art takes time. Be persistent and stick with it readers, stick with it.