So yesterday, I did one of my very first dives as a photographer accompanied by a non-photographer. (I've done one or two with my husband, when he didn't bring his camera, but they were fully negotiated ahead of time.)
I ended up feeling horribly guilty, because we moved SO slowly, and I'd sit at a subject and take a picture, look at it, change settings, and take another one. All the while, my friend was just kind of . . . there. He did some spotting for me, which was great, and he was trying out some new gear, so he didn't mind having some time to hover and swim around a bit, but I didn't end the dive feeling that it had been a great diving experience for him. This is leading me to feel much less eager to offer to dive with people, unless I do a bunch of pre-apologizing.
How do you all deal with this? For folks who aren't photographers but dive with them, how do you feel about those dives? What do you do to keep things interesting while the photographer has his nose in the camera? For people who shoot, do you change your photographic behavior? Or pick specific buddies?
I'm new to this, and trying to figure it all out. I do remember many dives I made with NW Grateful Diver, when he was first using a camera. They're where I polished my back kick . . .
I ended up feeling horribly guilty, because we moved SO slowly, and I'd sit at a subject and take a picture, look at it, change settings, and take another one. All the while, my friend was just kind of . . . there. He did some spotting for me, which was great, and he was trying out some new gear, so he didn't mind having some time to hover and swim around a bit, but I didn't end the dive feeling that it had been a great diving experience for him. This is leading me to feel much less eager to offer to dive with people, unless I do a bunch of pre-apologizing.
How do you all deal with this? For folks who aren't photographers but dive with them, how do you feel about those dives? What do you do to keep things interesting while the photographer has his nose in the camera? For people who shoot, do you change your photographic behavior? Or pick specific buddies?
I'm new to this, and trying to figure it all out. I do remember many dives I made with NW Grateful Diver, when he was first using a camera. They're where I polished my back kick . . .