Man Behind the Mask

For a long time I hated taking picture of people (unless it was later into the evening). Slowly I've been getting better but with a lot of practice and only once I felt comfortable around the person.
There is a story of a photographer, I cant remember who, was asked to take a photo of Pablo Picasso. He was apparently a notoriously bad subject as he always had his guard up. A mask he wore all day long which had been impervious to previous photographers. The story ends up where the photographer tricked Picasso into letting his guard down by telling him the roll had been ended. He snaped a photo of Picasso which showed him behind the mask.

It may have been Arnold Newman, but I cant be sure.

To me it is all about capturing a moment in time. A brief transitory glimpse of 'the man behind the mask. A lot of people say that a good photographer knows when to be in the right (or wrong) place at a time that will capture a good shot.

Not that long ago I went shooting with the pistol club athe the Ohio state ROTC. It was great. Guns are exceedingly dangerous but also exceedingly fun. After a while you get into the rhythem of the firing. Everyone fires at a different rate. With a slow enough shutter speed to compensate for the poor lighting and slow reflex of the camera, I got 2 great shots. Each showing the fire that momentarily explodes from the firearm. It was very cool. This sort of photography is much easier than say for lightning. There is no rhyme or rhythem there. All you can do is go somewhere where a lot of lighning takes place very frequently. So you can ask now, where are all the photos of lighning then? Well unfortunately I dont like getting wet or standing out in the open during an electrical storm. Hopefully one day I can post a good one. For right now, I'm in no rush