Connecting with people as you shoot!

Have you ever read a book or blog hearing someone say HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONNECT WITH THE PEOPLE YOU ARE PHOTOGRAPHING?  But when you shoot your adrenaline kicks in and you forget?  This past weekend I shot all day seminars and a dinner banquet that totaled 8 hours long for a friend.  I did my normal thing trying to hide (yeah right...with two big cameras) while catching people engaging with the speakers and each other as they all tried to network with each other.

When it was over I began to put away my equipment, I noticed there were a group of people standing around me.  And low and behold, they wanted to talk to me, and...