Tip #9: Designate Camera-Free and Phone-Free Moments
Yes, that’s a gorgeous sunset over the mountains. Have you seen it?
As a landscape photographer, this is advice I have to force myself to take sometimes. Many of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced—sunset at Yosemite, a momma brown bear, and her frolicking cubs in Katmai National Park—were seen entirely from the viewfinder of my digital camera. I’m not sure I would do it that way again.
Learn from my mistake: Fire off some quick snapshots for social media, but then put your phone or camera away and just take in the moment. This is doubly true if you’re standing there next to your significant other. Those are the moments you’ll truly remember forever, photograph or not. Keep the words of the immortal Kurt Vonnegut in mind:
“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”
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