Up to Your Ass in Alligators

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BEING UP TO YOUR ASS in alligators is the very definition of location photography, by the way. Hidden, ferocious beasts await you in the murky waters of your brain. Somehow, somewhere on location, one of ‘em is just out there waiting to get you.

This description has always been a fun way to laugh about the perils of going out into the world with a camera. Then, of course, I found myself really up to my ass in alligators. Seems I had the bright idea of shooting night hunters during a story on the sense of sight for National Geographic.

I got into the swamp of the St. Augustine alligator farm at dusk, ...

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