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- Jan 8, 2012
Pet peeve--if you're taking pictures while participating in an event, please do it discretely. Shouldn't be doing it at all--you should either be participating in the event or photographing it, not both. I thought this was a great picture of the recent battle at Cedar Creek, then I saw the ubiquitous cell phone right in the thick of things.
Also, I'll never forget the photo below published by a British paper for an article on the 150th Gettysburg reenactment. That was a week-long event with 10,000 reenactors and numerous battle scenarios and this was their takeaway:
Photographers and news reporters absolutely love to take pictures of reenactors holding digital cameras and cell phones. You could put on the most authentic reenactment ever staged, meticulously planned and executed, and one guy with a cell phone can ruin it.
Please--assign someone from your group, a friend or family member, to take pictures with the spectators. If you absolutely must have someone taking pictures in the field, do it discretely.
Also, I'll never forget the photo below published by a British paper for an article on the 150th Gettysburg reenactment. That was a week-long event with 10,000 reenactors and numerous battle scenarios and this was their takeaway:
Photographers and news reporters absolutely love to take pictures of reenactors holding digital cameras and cell phones. You could put on the most authentic reenactment ever staged, meticulously planned and executed, and one guy with a cell phone can ruin it.
Please--assign someone from your group, a friend or family member, to take pictures with the spectators. If you absolutely must have someone taking pictures in the field, do it discretely.