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Beach cabins near Torquay, Devon, 2010

With any kind of motion, the actual moment is usually crucial, and it’s often measured in hundredths of a second. With the last two examples, it was a matter of a scene and framing that had already been chosen; the variable was the figure moving through it. You can expect and anticipate how a figure will probably move through your frame, but it’s rarely completely certain. In this case, the highly graphic setting of a row of colorful and traditional beach cabins in an English seaside town begged for a passerby to bring it to life. The best you can do in these situations is wait, and plan for one or ...

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