sideburns. I asked if I could shoot him and his friend. They agreed and I bought them a round of drinks. My goal in bars and restaurants is to capture the natural ambiance of the place. I only use a flash if there’s dancing. But my goal is also, as in any photo, to get a moment. This is difficult when there is very low light. A moment is caught action, and action will be blurry in low light.
Here is my trick. I usually use a tripod, since the shutter speed might be as low as 1/4 second. I watch the action carefully. I wait for a frozen moment. For example, I was watching the Godard guy. He would freeze when he was listening. But that wasn’t a caught moment, because he was just still like a statue. Then I noticed that when he took a drag on his cigarette, he would freeze for a split second, just enough time for me to click the shutter, and happily, also get the red ember of the cigarette. That night, I only got two frames, but all it took was one for publication. —Catherine Karnow
Photo Tip: Watch the action closely for when the subject freezes, and then shoot. You may only get a couple of frames, but one of those will be your shot.
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