EXPERT INSIGHT Hold fire

With a frame rate of five, seven or even 11 frames a second, the temptation is to fire away. I’ve had clients on my workshops who think that if they shoot 2000 frames a day, they’ll be sure to get something, when in all likelihood they’ll get bugger all! The key is to anticipate behaviour, and to shoot in short bursts – you don’t want to miss the action, but you don’t want to ‘spray and pray’, and then have to wade through 2000 images every night hoping that one of them will be a winner.