One thing photographers are accused of often is being insensitive. In news especially. From personal experience I can assure you that most(though admittedly not all) photographers are not taking pictures of tragedies or any sensitive news event for the purpose of winning awards. We are there to tell the story and you cannot tell the story if you do not make difficult photographs. As I was photographing my niece's wedding I remember a couple occasion where everyone was prompted to pray. This is part of the ritual of being married in a church...it is part of the story. I remember standing behind the official photographer when this was happening and I saw all the hands go up on Sarah and Mark and I noticed he had his camera down. I whispered to myself 'shoot pictures shoot pictures this is important. I tried to find an angle around him to make pictures and to be honest, I'm sure he must've lifted his camera and made a frame of this, I was concentrating to much on shooting myself that I lost sight of what he was doing. But I was thinking, maybe--since he has done more weddings than I have that it is respectful to not photograph while a prayer is being offered and I wondered if he joined in with the prayer himself. I do know that as a photographer I think it is important to separate myself enough to be a witness, but not so much as to lose sight of what is really going on. Its a tough balance for sure, but I know by watching how the greats do it--that it is important to capture the real moments and that is how we gain a better understanding. Photograph by Uncle Dick