What's your favourite technique for shooting?

Ah I use a few different ones. Depends what you're shooting.

For big groups I use The Travolta: You place your left hand on your hip, and raise your right hand into the air with the camera, over your head. Slowly move your head left to right to assess the group size, and shoot.

I also quite enjoy The Proposal, for young kids. You gently get down on one knee in front of them, raise your camera to your eye, with your left hand underneath the body, and hope that they'll turn out the way you want them to.

The Jackson is a useful one for tight spaces. You get your subjects against the wall, and you stand close looking through the viewfinder. You then slowly walk backwards until you get everyone in the frame, all the while looking through the viewfinder and, every two seconds or so, turning your head feverishly to see whats behind you and make sure you don't fall over anything or hit the wall behind you.

The Limbo is also good for tight spaces. It's when you execute a perfect Jackson, but you have a table behind you and you still haven't fit in everyone you're photographing. Essentially what you do is keep your feet on the ground, but slowly bend your back backwards over the table, achieving a perfect photograph with perfect form.

The T-Rex Clap is a handy move, too. When shooting a group of people in a loud pub or club, and they can't hear you, you signal them to move in closer together by raising your hands to eye level, and whilst keeping them the width of your body apart, try and tell everyone to "move in" by wagging your hands like you're trying to clap bust just can't reach.


But OP, don't be a fool and go out trying these. They take years to perfect.