I do most of the photos for my family gatherings, so I know what you're talking about. You can either be "in the moment" or capture the shot. Many of the greatest award winning photogs for Pulitzers, etc had to put themselves "outside" of the shot circumstances when getting that shot. That famous one from the Vietnam war, the little girl screaming when covered by napalm jelly...most peoples first impulse would be to help the girl, put a towel over her, call for medical help, and stop her suffering. A good photographer's or videographer's first impulse is to "get the shot!" at all costs. Sounds kinda sick, but without disciplines photogs and video people, we would never have had the gripping footage from 9/11. Most people that day were running around screaming, worried about being blown to shreds. The video and photo people were clicking and shooting as fast as they could to capture it for history.

Sorry for the rant, man, just got caught up for a sec. Nice work, looks like you care about what you put out there. Bring a pole next time,