YELLING<\/strong> up at the people on the bridge, \u201cGET OFF THE BRIDGE! CLEAR THE BRIDGE!\u201d Over and over and over. They wanted to take a picture without the people obscuring nature. <\/p>\nMy personality \u2013 I said to my wife, \u201cI\u2019m running up to the bridge to wave down at these morons.\u201d She decided for me that I wouldn\u2019t do that. Needless to say, the people standing on the bridge didn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n
Although I would have liked to have a picture without all of the people \u2013 I didn\u2019t mind there were people as it was part of the experience. We weren\u2019t alone there \u2013 why should my photos show it any other way?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Via Scott Kelby, \u201cTop Ten Annoying Things That Photographers Say to Each Other.\u201d Although most weren\u2019t really that funny, #8, \u201cDude! Dude! You\u2019re in my shot!\u201d brought back a memory of a recent trip to Oregon. My wife and I were visiting Oregon and were hitting a bunch of hiking and view spots near the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-bS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1382,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1382","url_meta":{"origin":736,"position":0},"title":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #4","date":"January 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Update #6, Update #5, Update #4, Update #3, Update #2, Update #1, Install A bit more about my Nest thermostat experiences. 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