Raw Emotion

My friends often ask me what I look for when I'm taking photos of people. I'll talk about things like lighting, composition, and posing, but what I look for most is raw emotion. It can be happy or it can be sad or anything in between as long as it's genuine and intense. I captured this shot of a coworker at my company's annual bowling extravaganza at the Presidio Bowl in San Francisco. Frankly I'm surprised I was lucky enough to see the moment, much less capture it. It was dark and I had been having problems focusing all day...please no comments about my camera brand (as is usually the case, it's most likely user error and not a problem with the equipment). Somehow all the stars aligned in that sliver of time and I got him. I looked down at the LCD. Yes I know I may have missed another golden moment, but I just HAD to see if I got his expression. I did and to my relief the lighting was decent and it looked like the focus wasn't too far off. I'm not going to lie to you, I felt great, especially since most of my other photos were disappointing for one reason or another. You can see the rest of the photos from my company bowling event here.