Interesting thread... My last missed opportunity was just a few weeks ago. I was attending an adoption celebration party for my good friends up the road from me in Nevada City.
Our friend's mother who was in town from Texas, is suffering from cancer but was none the less on hand to be at the event to celebrate with her daughter and her newly adopted grandson. At one point in the festivites when friends and family members were each coming forward to hand the boy flowers and say a few words I was busy get each with a couple of shots using the K10D and 540 flash outdoors (manual mode and fill flash). I managed to catch everybody EXCEPT my friends' mother doing the flower exchange since my SD card was full I didn't realize it (funny how the camera suddenly won't work!...duh)...It was like a wedding photographer missing the kiss. Ugh. Anyway, even though I shoot stuff like this gratis and because I enjoy it, I still treat it as though these are clients and they deserve my best efforts. I made up for it later by getting some good shots of the boy and his new grandmother together, but things like this stick with you and it's really tough to completely shake the regret. The upside is that situations like these usually make one a better photographer. I'm not making that mistake EVER again! -Brendan --- Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that the talent on this list misses very > few shots, but in the off > chance there are some funny stories about missed > shots, I'd be very > interested in reading them--if you are interested in > sharing them. I've > even got a story of my own: > > > > > > While walking down Clark street in Chicago in the > early 80s , I spied a big, > burly doorman, who was the size of a small building > and had the arms and > hands of a stone mason, leading a skinny, pimply > faced teenager by the > collar out of a very dingy bar. > > > > > > Outside the bar in broad daylight, the doorman began > to give the kid a good > verbal thrashing all the while wagging his finger > under the kid's nose. > Finally the doorman's index finger came to a full > stop, and in the next > nano-second the teenager seized the moment and > chomped on it-and tenaciously > hung on as the doorman yelled and desperately tried > to shake the kid off. > The two spun about for awhile in front of the bar, > whirling round & round > till the kid picked his moment, let go, and made a > run for it. > > > > And I missed all of it. I didn't get one shot off-I > was so engrossed > watching the drama I completely forgot to reach for > my camera, which was > slung over my shoulder. I still have regrets about > missing this shot--but > fortunately the memory is still well-seen, perfectly > rendered with held > highlights & detail rich shadows, well-framed, > brilliantly composed, and > very sharp ;-). > > > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
