5 Tips on How to Get in the Right Mindset to Capture the Decisive Moment

Leica Society International proudly presents our “How To” video series with Nicholas Pinto. In this series, we sit down with experts in Leica Camera buying, collecting, shooting, editing, and more! We ask them to share their best tips and tricks. Watch and learn how to elevate your photography and take it to the next level.
Nicholas Pinto is an Italian-American photographer with an eye for the moments found in everyday life. Born and raised on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, after serving in the United States Army, he picked up a camera as a way to express himself. This unique background has given him a rare view of the people and places found in front of his lens. In this video, he sits down and shares how to get in the right mindset to capture the decisive moment.
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Special thanks to Nicholas Pinto.
Interviewed & Produced by:
Helen Todd at Sociality Squared
Recorded by: Kyle Hamman
Edited by: Erik Hogan
Music by: Akashic Records

[@jamesrice670]

Nick is a wonderful person, photographer, and teacher.

[@darealiyu5712]

I love this video you made, super helpful, today is the night before my first wedding gig as professional photographer and you can tell am going all over the place online to find direction... thanks for taking the time to make this video

[@grant5603]

Wow Nicholas talks a lot of sense, and his pictures are absolute top shelf! Great video.

[@LeicaSociety]

Thanks for the positive feedback!

[@krishartsphotography5643]

Nice & Thanks :)

[@jtr200747]

And that goes for most things in life when it comes down to it. I pretty sure that your five tips apply for so many other things than shooting pictures. It might even apply to life itself ;-)

[@carlosmcse]

Usually when I go out and don’t go out with an agenda. I don’t do it professionally so I just take a picture of whatever takes me. Im just receptive and Im not thinking about anything.

[@wag]

same name lol

[@mrsergeylandesman]

But Leica is most expensive gear! Please stop talking about simplicity. Leica is not a simple camera to shoot.

[@ilyachernykh8084]

Most leica cameras are bare bones, so yes they are simple to shoot. Easy access to shutter, aperture, iso, and manual focus.