8 - LEARN THE ART OF PATIENCE

Be prepared to accept changes of plan graciously. Being flexible and open-minded will often open up more opportunities than you might think.

Capturing brilliant clips will always require patience. Events may be rescheduled; people may not turn up when you expect them to.

Don’t hurry off as soon as you think you’ve got the shot: check if it could be improved. If you wait another ten minutes, the market stalls could burst into full flurry.

Observe your surroundings acutely and train yourself to wait to see what happens next or how the light changes: if you wait half an hour, perhaps the rain will stop and the landscape will come to life again. The same rule applies to audio: that terrible drone of traffic might just peter off as rush hour passes.

It’s the difference between quickly ticking off a shot and moving on without a backwards glance and allowing the scene to unfurl naturally and authentically around you. Sure, it can be frustrating, even boring, but with patience you’ll always reap richer rewards.