{"id":37923,"date":"2015-02-17T04:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=37923"},"modified":"2015-02-17T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T15:21:15","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"To Experience It All"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DCRSTGT0077\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gary with amazing skill followed the trail up from the surf, up the beach and over the top. There the trail ended in a small clump of grass. Feverishly he digs down below the grass clump. He’s found a nest that has hatch under the grass. He knows sites like this, some hatchlings get caught in the roots. After a few moments he emerges from his digging with two newly hatched sea turtles in his hands. One is dead, the other is still alive. To finish the cycle, the hatchling must travel to the surf from its nest on its own. Only by doing so will it mark on this locations and years from now, comeback to lay its own eggs. That’s only if it beats the odds and survives all the predators waiting for it on the sand and in the water. Following behind it down the beach with Df<\/a> \/ 18-35AFS<\/a> shooting away, the struggle of this endangered species had me thinking. <\/p>\n

As photographers, we often start off all tangled up. It feels like all that goes into making a photograph intwines us holding us back from ever moving forward. Then we get that helping hand and we break loose and our path appears to be clear. Yet, with ever step there is one obstacle stopping us for a moment until we start moving forward again. And this we go through for years as we grow photographically. Then, we emerge. Photography like so many things in life is not an easy path, nor one where we ever have all the answers or find the one answer. It is and should be, a journey that with the wisdom that comes from age improves our photography, our story. As long as you keep moving forward one step at a time, you are making the journey and winning the race. But more than likely, there is no end but simply a life long adventure. Like the small sea turtle, we do break loose to experience it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gary with amazing skill followed the trail up from the surf, up the beach and over the top. There the trail ended in a small clump of grass. Feverishly he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"To Experience It All http:\/\/wp.me\/p6YJx-9RF photography is so much more than we know right this moment @NikonUSA #NikonAmbassador","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-37923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife-photography"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DCRSTGT0077.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"

To Experience It All<\/a><\/blockquote>