"Shooting" Is Shooting

There are actually similarities between shooting a handgun and shooting photos!

If you squeeze the trigger of a handgun slowly by pulling straight back on the trigger rather than jerking the gun by pulling the trigger on an angle, you'll most likely hit your target as intended (provided you look down the sights properly too.) But if you pull the trigger quickly, you'll most likely jerk the gun and miss the target.

The same concept happens in photography as well. If you slowly push straight down on the shutter release rather than jab at the shutter release, you'll have steadier looking photos!

Also, exhaling while shooting steadies your shot in both handgun shooting and photography as well. Holding your breath while performing these functions will only make you "shaky."

So you may be wondering if all law enforcement personnel would make great photographers! Well, to take a great photo requires more than just steady shooting. Composition and artisitic vision is also required and that's another topic worth writing about in the future.