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I'm Tahnee Cracchiola and I'm a photographer here at the Getty Villa. When you're out of
the studio and you actually are just you and your camera. It's definitely a different relationship
with your subject. And the timing is different. The mood is different. It's much more like
reading a book almost. You're really awaiting what's going to come and approach you during
that photo shoot because anything can happen. [Laughter]. And as we see here at the Villa
there's actually much more wildlife than any of us knew. I think the first most memorable
was photographing the hummingbirds and as I was shooting all of a sudden the male came
flying into frame and I could hear him buzzing around me and at first I thought it was a
bee and I realized it's actually a hummingbird. And then the female came and they started
dancing together around this ocampus flower and it was just a magical experience and I
just literally I was laying on the roman road photographing these birds just putting on
a display for me. And the male continued to fly around and drink and visit me and look
at me and see what I was doing and the security guards came over and they kind of surrounded
me so that I didn't get hit by any cars [laughter] which was really cool and we just stayed there
for like half an hour and photographed the hummingbirds and it was an incredible treat
as a studio photographer to have that opportunity to get to be at the right place at the right
time. The camera becomes your tool to get to be sort of a partner in that relationship
and you become a storyteller, sort of. And that's exciting to be able to tell stories
through your camera and that's sort of what we're all doing anyway as photographers and
videographers - we're telling a story. And with a still camera we actually have a lot
more to say with just one image but if you get the right image it's easy to say what
you're feeling.