Comments for Personal Development by Richard X. Thripp http://richardxthripp.wordpress.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Being a Free Photographer by davidscubadiver http://richardxthripp.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/being-a-free-photographer/#comment-3 davidscubadiver Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:25:08 +0000 http://richardxthripp.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-3 Nicely said. I am mostly interested in underwater photography (you can check them out on my blog), which can be a bit more challenging than land-based photography (if only because I'm wearing a dive mask, my subjects are frequently in motion (and not infrequently, trying to get away) and because the water robs the pictures of color). There is a debate in "nature" photography concerning the ethics of manipulating the wildlife. Is it "ok" to disturb this animal to get the shot? An Octopus never swims in the middle of the water column, but if someone picks it up and "drops" it from above, I can get a great shot with the sun's rays lancing through the spread out arms.... Personally, I never touch an animal and do my best to take only a few pictures of any one creature, particularly if I am using a flash. I figure I'm a guest in their world, and I'm not a professional so I don't need to get the "killer shot" to put food on my table. Nicely said. I am mostly interested in underwater photography (you can check them out on my blog), which can be a bit more challenging than land-based photography (if only because I’m wearing a dive mask, my subjects are frequently in motion (and not infrequently, trying to get away) and because the water robs the pictures of color).

There is a debate in “nature” photography concerning the ethics of manipulating the wildlife. Is it “ok” to disturb this animal to get the shot? An Octopus never swims in the middle of the water column, but if someone picks it up and “drops” it from above, I can get a great shot with the sun’s rays lancing through the spread out arms….

Personally, I never touch an animal and do my best to take only a few pictures of any one creature, particularly if I am using a flash. I figure I’m a guest in their world, and I’m not a professional so I don’t need to get the “killer shot” to put food on my table.

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