I sometimes watch my children interacting with each other and get lost in my consistent thoughts that evades all my senses like a panic.  "I wish I had my camera to capture this moment."  

I admit these words are not unlike most parent thoughts who think it's important to diarize their children as they grow.  But as a photographer these thoughts never truly leave my mind.  Like a dull headache, that is more profound when you get off the couch to quickly.  "I wish I had my camera; I wish I had my camera; I wish I had my camera" repeats itself in my head similar to the stars I see that  float across my vision after an intense sneeze.

The above image was when my son ran up to me in a excited state asking if he could play ping-pong.  The resulting picture was because I had my camera.   But if you look closely, his demeanour says "dad...can you please put away the camera and play me in ping pong?!?!" I think I must have got lost in my thoughts again.  It's constant debate in my  mind to either capture images or participate.  It's a great way to see life...unless I'm without my camera.

Do any other photographers have those thoughts as well?