Re: [OM] IMGs PAW, except ...

[Chuck Norcutt]

That reminds me of an admonition by photographer Joel Sartore: "Don't 
forget to pet the whale".  Gray whales in Baja seem to enjoy interacting 
with people and will come up to small boats expecting to be "petted" (as 
shown here) <http://www.bajadiscovery.com/whale-watching/>
Sartore was on a shoot in Baja for National Geographic to document  gray 
whale behavior.  He noticed a large group of Japanese tourists bristling 
with DSLRs making lots of photos of the whales as they surfaced next to 
their boat.  They got lots of photos of whales and people on other boats 
petting the whales.  But not a one of them ever put their cameras down 
and petted the whale.
Sartore uses that example to emphasize that you can't fully document an 
event photographically while also fully participating in it.  Don't try 
to shoot your own wedding or birthday party.  :-)
Chuck Norcutt


On 4/13/2015 1:15 AM, Moose wrote:
> What with all the official photo/videography, I intentionally chose to
> participate and enjoy, not hide behind a camera.
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