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THE<br />
SHOT<br />
ONE PICTURE, ONE MOMENT,<br />
ONE MEMORY CAPTURED BY<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER MARK<br />
EDWARD HARRIS<br />
I based myself in La Paz on Mexico’s<br />
Baja Peninsula for an extended weekend<br />
photographing gray whales and diving<br />
with whale sharks. Both were incredible<br />
experiences but for very different<br />
reasons. One thing a still camera can’t<br />
record is the sounds of the whales<br />
blowing air out of their blowholes. At<br />
times we were surrounded by whales,<br />
and they put on a magnificent symphony.<br />
Diving with whale sharks was<br />
a very different (but just as intense)<br />
experience. To be only a few feet away<br />
from these magnificent 18- to 33-foot<br />
creatures effortlessly gliding through<br />
the water was humbling to say the least.<br />
For this gray whale off the coast of Lopez<br />
Mateo photograph, I used a Nikkor<br />
300mm f/2.8 lens on my Nikon D850<br />
set to 1/3200th of a second at f/10, ISO<br />
200. Long lenses and fast shutter speeds<br />
are the name of the game when photographing<br />
most animals in the wild.<br />
While in La Paz I made a pilgrimage to<br />
Sorstis, my favorite restaurant in Baja.<br />
One cannot live by photography alone.<br />
Mark Edward Harris’ assignments have taken him to 98<br />
countries on six continents. His editorial work has appeared<br />
in publications such as Vanity Fair, Life, Time, GEO, Conde<br />
Nast Traveler, AFAR, as well as all the major photography<br />
and in-flight magazines. His commercial clients range from<br />
The Gap to Coca-Cola to Mexicana Airlines. He is the recipient<br />
of numerous awards including a CLIO, ACE, Aurora<br />
Gold, and Photographer of the Year at the Black & White<br />
Spider Awards. His books include Faces of the Twentieth<br />
Century: Master Photographers and Their Work, The Way of<br />
the Japanese Bath, Wanderlust, North Korea, South Korea,<br />
and Inside Iran. www.MarkEdwardHarris.com<br />
@MarkEdwardHarrisPhoto<br />
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