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<blockquote data-quote="Alan" data-source="post: 230192" data-attributes="member: 12333">Jake,I will add this to what you have articulated here. When my daughter was married I did not even bring a point and shoot with me. We had hired a photographer to document the event, we had a second photographer who took stereo slides of the wedding, and between us we had about 6 other photographers who were there shooting for us just as friends. ( The joke of the day was the paparazzi was there). I remember the day like it was yesterday, however after the event many of the friends we spoke who had taken pictures for us did not recall events that had happen that day.I believe they were so intent on getting the shot they saw in their mind that they missed much of what was going on around them. We would look at photos and I would recall that event and if they didn't take the shot many time they would say &quot; I missed that&quot;. Our mind is a marvelous thing but multi-tasking is not it greatest trick. How many times have we looked at a photo and said, I didn't even see that when I took the shot. We are so intent on the subject that the rest of the world goes away.I don't think there is one answer to this. However if it causes us to think about what we are doing when we have a camera up to our face then all the better. It might even cause us to improve our photography. And that's not a bad thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alan, post: 230192, member: 12333"] Jake, I will add this to what you have articulated here. When my daughter was married I did not even bring a point and shoot with me. We had hired a photographer to document the event, we had a second photographer who took stereo slides of the wedding, and between us we had about 6 other photographers who were there shooting for us just as friends. ( The joke of the day was the paparazzi was there). I remember the day like it was yesterday, however after the event many of the friends we spoke who had taken pictures for us did not recall events that had happen that day. I believe they were so intent on getting the shot they saw in their mind that they missed much of what was going on around them. We would look at photos and I would recall that event and if they didn't take the shot many time they would say " I missed that". Our mind is a marvelous thing but multi-tasking is not it greatest trick. How many times have we looked at a photo and said, I didn't even see that when I took the shot. We are so intent on the subject that the rest of the world goes away. I don't think there is one answer to this. However if it causes us to think about what we are doing when we have a camera up to our face then all the better. It might even cause us to improve our photography. And that's not a bad thing. [/QUOTE]

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