In your message dated: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:04:01 PST you write:
>
>
> Hi Lee,
>
> Was just talking to someone about a simular experience a couple months bac
> I was on my way home from work (commute by bus) and we passed this really ba
> accident. A 240z had been centerpunched by a larger, older vehicle. The
> accident scene was surrounded by emergency vehicles and firemen with yellow
> raincaots had cut the top off the Z and were hovering over the driver's side
> and trying to extract the victim. You had to be there, but it was a classic
> Pulitzer prize winning shot, the kind photo journalist's reputations soar
> on. And yes, I had no camera with me. One of the things they teach in photo
> classes that just doesn't sink in. We learn the hard way:)
I understand your point, but for me personally, I would never consider
missing a picture of someone else's suffering as missing "the shot of a
lifetime"...
Cheers,
--Lee
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