I try to take time to do some photography while I'm hunting and fishing.
While fly fishing an Alaskan river for silver salmon, a buddy asked me why I was taking a break from the phenomenal fishing to take photos. He chided me a bit.
But when I sent him the photos of his beautiful wife, and of him too, fishing that river... Then he understood.
I thank the fellows who taught me to set up a "trophy photo" with the blood wiped away from the animal's face, the legs arranged right, the head held up, the tongue tucked in or removed... All those things that help make the photo a good reminder of the hunt, even many years later.
Do I have any photo regrets? Yes, of not taking more and better photos during earlier hunts. Some of those guys are dead now, others I'll never see again due to geography & time, but I do wish I'd gotten more photos in the past. My sons put up with me taking "too many" photos now, and fussing with the deer carcass too much as well. But we get pretty good photos.
Regards, Guy
