I've seen only one shuttle launch... up close at least. Several others
from 150 miles south. Fortunately, by the time I got to the shuttle
launch I had learned to just watch (and listen which is at least as
dramatic). Many years earlier I attended a total eclipse of the sun
armed with small telescope and camera. I took lots of photos as
totality approached but, when totality hit, I just stood there staring
at the spectacle, mouth agape, probably looking like a dumbstruck idiot.
For the shuttle launch I knew I just needed to enjoy what was happening.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/13/2015 1:25 PM, ChrisB wrote:
That’s a good example, Chuck. I once spent quite a lot of time
trying to capture a Shuttle launch with my OM4, not spending much
time just looking.
Chris
On 13 Apr 2015, at 17:11, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.
:-)
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