Are we painters or photographers?

[Mike McCarty]

But, while this is a great photograph, you have lost about half of the visual information you had when she was right there in front of you.

While she was right there in front of me, she would collect a half dozen mosquitos on her bare skin. Most of the photos from this session were discarded for that reason. I would swat them away and click, swat and click. We walked a quarter mile to get to this place through a muddied field.

All this effort while you guys were wasting your time painting from life. Just kidding, just kidding, just kidding!